TY - JOUR
T1 - From Principals' Actions to Students' Outcomes
T2 - An Explanatory Narrative Approach to Successful Israeli Schools
AU - Tubin, Dorit
PY - 2011/10/1
Y1 - 2011/10/1
N2 - This article attempts to identify the causal relationships between principals' behaviors and students' achievement by using an explanatory narrative that traces the chain of events from principal actions to student outcomes. This is applied to the study of five successful Israeli schools and reveals the series of stages from principals' actions to student outcomes. The narrative explanation about principals' impact on students' outcomes was found to hold two parallel chains of events of two central subjects: the principal and the teachers. The research showed how principal behavior can have a positive impact on student outcomes. The data show that despite different emphases and personal styles, the same narrative explanation clarified the process in all schools. The narrative explanation suggests to principals what to do to improve their students' achievements, where to start, and what stages are foreseen along the way.
AB - This article attempts to identify the causal relationships between principals' behaviors and students' achievement by using an explanatory narrative that traces the chain of events from principal actions to student outcomes. This is applied to the study of five successful Israeli schools and reveals the series of stages from principals' actions to student outcomes. The narrative explanation about principals' impact on students' outcomes was found to hold two parallel chains of events of two central subjects: the principal and the teachers. The research showed how principal behavior can have a positive impact on student outcomes. The data show that despite different emphases and personal styles, the same narrative explanation clarified the process in all schools. The narrative explanation suggests to principals what to do to improve their students' achievements, where to start, and what stages are foreseen along the way.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859371358&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15700763.2011.610556
DO - 10.1080/15700763.2011.610556
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84859371358
SN - 1570-0763
VL - 10
SP - 395
EP - 411
JO - Leadership and Policy in Schools
JF - Leadership and Policy in Schools
IS - 4
ER -