Australia: The Principal as Leader - A Review of Australian Principal Research, 2006-2013

Abstract

In this chapter, we review articles on Australian principal leadership published between 2006 and 2013 in the two major publication sources for this research, Leading and Managing and the Journal of Educational Administration, and in two other important Australian educational research journals, the Australian Journal of Education and Australian Educational Researcher. The review updates an earlier important review by Mulford (Overview of research on Australian Educational Leadership 2001–2005. Monograph no. 40. Australian Council for Educational Leaders, Melbourne, 2007). Thematic areas explored include principal development; school improvement; successful school leadership; leading Catholic..