The Professional Background And Perceptions Of Principals On Their Leadership Role In Preprimary

The incorporation of pre-primary centres into Western Australian government primary schools has shifted the responsibility for administrative, managerial and educational leadership from the kindergarten director to the primary school principal. Several pre-primary teachers and specialists in Early Childhood Education have expressed concern that principals lack theoretical and practical background in early childhood, have not been provided with professional development assistance, are providing inadequate educational leadership to pre-primary teachers, and yet a responsible for appraisal of pre-primary teachers. Similar concerns have been expressed in the United States, and resulted in the swing towards early academics and acknowledgment of the significant differences between early childhood education and primary education. However, no study of these leadership issues has so far been conducted in Western Australia.

Grantor dc:publisher

Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia

Year dc:date

1995

Author dc:creator

• Stamopoulos, Elizabeth

• Primary school principals
• Western Australia
• Early childhood education
• In-service training
• Education
• Educational Administration and Supervision

Repository record dc:identifier

https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1459

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:ro.ecu.edu.au:theses-2460