Türk Okul Müdürlerinin Yetiştirilmesi ve Atanmasına Yönelik Sunulan Model Önerilerinin Liderlik Modelleri Açısından İncelenmesi

Abstract

The notion that teaching ability and experience are necessarily an indication of being a good school principal is now outdated. Today's school principals are expected to be effective leaders who are able to manage the complexities of rapidly changing school environment and to develop good relationships with teachers and students for better school outcomes. Therefore, management and effective leadership are widely viewed as the key concepts in order to improve school outcomes. In the 21st century, policy makers and researchers in both developed and developing countries across the world including Turkey have been in quest of finding the best possible approach or model to train effective school principals for the sake of improving student outcomes. Additionally, the researchers have been trying to find out the best leadership behaviors that are most likely to produce favorable school and learner outcomes. This current study aims to compare and analyze the key components of suggested training models for school principals in Turkey in terms of leadership behaviors that these models aim to develop. In this study, document analysis that is one of the qualitative research methods was used to collect and analyze the data. 12 research studies conducted by Turkish authors were reviewed and the model proposals offered in these studies were compared. As a result, suggestions were offered for the process of training and appointing the school principals.