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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Main Authors: Fahimirad, Mehrnaz, Khairuddin Idris, Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib
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Language:English
Published: School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016
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spelling ukm-106312017-09-07T07:29:01Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/ Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities Fahimirad, Mehrnaz Khairuddin Idris, Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib 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. School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2016-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/1/11.geografia-ogos16-mehrnaz-edam%20%281%29.pdf Fahimirad, Mehrnaz and Khairuddin Idris, and Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib (2016) Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 12 (10). pp. 101-112. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2016&vol=12&issue=10&ver=loc
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description 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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author Fahimirad, Mehrnaz
Khairuddin Idris,
Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib
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Khairuddin Idris,
Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib
Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
author_facet Fahimirad, Mehrnaz
Khairuddin Idris,
Kotamjani, Sedigheh Shakib
author_sort Fahimirad, Mehrnaz
title Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
title_short Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
title_full Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
title_fullStr Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
title_full_unstemmed Instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of Malaysia’s research universities
title_sort instructional leadership and instructor development: a case study of malaysia’s research universities
publisher School of Social, Development and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2016
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10631/1/11.geografia-ogos16-mehrnaz-edam%20%281%29.pdf
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