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Abstract(s)
This study aims to explore, in a sample of Portuguese schools, if there is an impact of school leadership, particularly of the
principal, on students` outcomes. The study adopts mixed-methods, combining the analysis of national examination,
questionnaire surveys (from LOLSO, Leithwood, Mulford & Silins, 2004), structured open-ended interviews and focus groups to
the principals of 6 school groupings, heads of department, teachers and students. This study reports results from the interviews
analyses of the principals, and the focus group of the head of departments and students. By means of content analysis, we make
inferences from data to the context, providing knowledge and new insights on the object of the study. A preliminary analysis of
data identifies some contradictions between what principals claim to do and the perceptions of heads of department and students
in categories like Building a shared vision through the school project and communicating that vision; High performance
expectations to students and teachers and Providing individual support (mainly in schools over 1000 students). In the interviews
and in the questionnaires principals, head of departments and students say that the students` outcomes promote changes in school
organization and in the leadership practices of the principal.
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Keywords
School leadership Principal Student Outcomes Portugal
Citation
PINA, Raul; CABRAL, Ilídia; MATIAS ALVES, José - Principal`s leadership on students` outcomes. In 7th World Conference on Educational Sciences, (WCES-2015), Athens, Greece, 05-07 February 2015. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences. ISSN 1877-0428. Vol. 197 (2015), p. 949-954
Publisher
Elsevier