Multidimensional Perspectives on Principal Leadership Effectiveness

• #1. Principal Preparation: The Case of Novice Principals in Turkey
• #2. Reinventing Principal Preparation in Illinois: A Case Study of Policy Change in a Complex Organization
• #3. Analysis of the Tasks of School Principals in Secondary Education in Catalonia: Case Study
• #4. Considering Latin American School Management from a Skills-Based Perspective
• #5. Qatar's Educational Reform: Critical Issues Facing Principals
• #6. School Leadership and Pedagogical Reform: Building Student Capacity
• #7. Becoming a Principal: Exploring Perceived Discriminatory Practices in the Selection of Principals in Jamaica and England
• #8. Principals' Understandings of Education Based on Research: A Swedish Perspective
• #9. Individual Differences and Educational Leadership
• #10. New Methods Exploring Facial Expressions in the Context of Leadership Perception: Implications for Educational Leaders
• #11. Emotional Intelligence and Political Skill Really Matter in Educational Leadership
• #12. Teacher Leadership: A Conceptual Analysis
• #13. Exploring Distributive Leadership in South African Public Primary Schools in the Soweto Region
• #14. Continuous Change in Educational Organizations
• #15. Transformational Leadership and Principals' Innovativeness: Are They the “Keys” for the Research and Innovation Oriented School?
• #16. Exploring the Impact of School Leadership on Student Learning Outcomes: Constraints and Perspectives
• #17. The Relationship between Emotional Competence and Instructional Leadership and Their Association with Learner Achievement

Kadir Beycioglu, PhD, is an associate professor of Educational Administration at Dokuz Eylul University Buca Faculty of Education in the Department of Educational Sciences, Izmir, Turkey. His study topics are mainly on educational change, school development, and educational leadership. He is also interested in the ethical use of ICT in education. He is a member of the International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP) project and International School Leadership Development Network – Social Justice Leadership Strand by BELMAS and UCEA. He has published several articles in leading international journals including Teaching and Teacher Education, Computers and Education, Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, Journal of Management Development, Journal of School Public Relations, and KEDI Journal of Educational Policy. He has also acted as guest editor for some international journals and books and has published chapters in books. Dr. Beycioglu is the founding editor of the International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education (IGI) and has been serving as a member of the editorial board or as reviewer for some leading journals such as Journal of Mixed Methods Research (SAGE), Learning and Individual Differences (ELSEVIER), Journal of Research on Technology in Education (ISTE), International Journal of Leadership in Education: Theory & Practice- (Taylor & Francis), Computers & Education - (ELSEVIER), International Journal of Educational Development (ELSEVIER), International Journal of Teacher Leadership and the Qualitative Report. He has been a member of the European Educational Research Association, British Educational Leadership, Management & Administration Society, and the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management.

Petros Pashiardis is a Professor of Educational Leadership and the Academic Coordinator of the “Educational Studies” Program with the Open University of Cyprus. Petros studied Educational Administration at the University of Texas at Austin as a Fulbright Scholar. He has also worked or lectured in many countries including Great Britain, India, New Zealand, Greece, Germany, South Africa, Switzerland, Australia, Sweden, and the United States. In 2008, he co-edited the International Handbook on the Preparation and Development of School Leaders, together with Jacky Lumby and Gary Crow. From 2004 to 2008, Professor Pashiardis was President of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management. He is now on the Board of Governors of the Commonwealth Foundation. During his travels, he has collaborated extensively with CSOs from all these countries in the areas of School Leadership and Educational Policy, training school leaders and creating school leadership organizations in various countries around the Commonwealth in an effort to contribute towards the attainment of MDGs as they relate to improving equality of opportunity for Education for All. His latest book in English was published by Springer Publications in 2014, under the title Modeling School Leadership Across Europe: In Search of New Frontiers.