Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
Universities are affected by internal factors such as when certain self-imposed procedures complicate the delivery of teaching and learning and thus depriving students and lecturers of needed creativity, flexibility, and time to optimize meaningful learning. A lack of systematic succession plannin...
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School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/1/11.geografia-ogos16-mehrnaz-edam%20%281%29.pdf http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/ http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=10&ver=loc |
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| Summary: | Universities are affected by internal factors such as when certain self-imposed procedures complicate the delivery of
teaching and learning and thus depriving students and lecturers of needed creativity, flexibility, and time to optimize
meaningful learning. A lack of systematic succession planning in academic leadership may also detract from
maintaining continuity in the teaching and learning of related policies and practices. All these factors contribute to
the need to reconceptualize university teaching and learning. This study provided an in-depth look at the practices
of instructional leadership in Malaysian research universities. Primary data were gathered from thematic in-depth
interviews. The findings revealed that the research universities planned sustained programmes of educational
development , adopted principles of effective learning and teaching, and designed conducive learning environments
for students. Academics need a supportive culture to put these principles into practice. Finally, creating a learning
culture depended not only on well-educated, well-meaning individual academics but also an academic community
working together to create a student-centered attitude. |
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