A. Ghani, Muhammad Faizal and Mohd Radzi, Norfariza and Marzuki, Shahril@Charil and Elham, Faisol (2014) Pengenalan kepada amalan kepimpinan guru di Malaysia: Cabaran dan cadangan Introduction to teacher leadership practices in Malaysia: Challenges and recommendations. Management Research Journal, 3. pp. 71-92. ISSN 2232-0660

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Abstract

The article is based on literature review of teacher leadership which is an increasingly popular concept to be implemented and used by practitioners and researchers in their studies. Therefore, this article discusses two local findings which may give an early indication of the practice of teacher leadership in Malaysia. The conclusion of the findings reported that leadership capacity of teachers in Malaysia is high and satisfactory. However, certain internal and external environment factors are impediments to the effective and efficient development of leadership capacity among teachers. Among the findings were: the burden of administrative and teaching duties of the teachers and the lack of financial support for staff development programs. As an alternative to overcome these obstacles, this article suggests the framework by Frost and Harris (2003) on the development of teacher leadership capacity. It involves front-line leadership responsibility for creating the role of leadership to enable the performance of duties among the teachers, the establishment of a conductive school environment and teacher self-development capacity. Among them, the front-line leaders must change their organizational structures so that teachers can also be involved in decision making. They should also strive to create a positive school culture for the school to trust the actions of the teacher leaders. Teacher leaders also need to develop themselves with a certain capacity as leader.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	teacher leadership, power, authority, leadership
Subjects:	L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools
Divisions:	School of Economics, Finance & Banking
Depositing User:	Mrs. Norazmilah Yaakub
Date Deposited:	01 Nov 2020 01:38
Last Modified:	01 Nov 2020 01:38
URI:	https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/27803

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