An exploration of teacher leadership: are future teachers ready to lead?

Abstract: The teaching profession has become increasingly complex in the last decades. The changing role of teachers has called for a new paradigm of the teaching profession that recognises the potential of teachers to lead for supporting school development and change. The influence teachers have on the school community and their commitment to school change are at the core of teacher leadership definitions. Preparing future teachers to act as leaders in their schools can support the overall efforts for school improvement. Hence, the purpose of this study is to explore pre-service teacher leadership development. The study utilised a qualitative methodology to address: (i) pre-service teachers’ understanding of teacher leadership, (ii) the role of initial teacher education in shaping the understanding of teacher leadership, and (iii) the contribution of initial teacher education to pre-service teachers’ readiness for exercising leadership roles for school improvement....

Object Details

• Alternative title: Raziskovanje vodenja pri učiteljih: ali so bodoči učitelji pripravljeni voditi?
• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: In: CEPS Journal 13 (2023) 4, S. 37-62 ; ISSN: 2232-2647 ; ISSN: 1855-9719 ; (DE-600)2714526-8

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Erziehung, Schul- und Bildungswesen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Frankfurt
• (who): DIPF Leibniz Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation
• (when): 2023
• Creator: Aliu, Jetë ; Kaçaniku, Fjolla

Further information

• DOI: 10.25656/01:28908
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0111-pedocs-289085
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 25.03.2025, 1:44 PM CET