Educational leadership and
reforms in the Asian Pacific:
A paradigm shift for the Future & globalization
Yin Cheong CHENG
Hong Kong Institute of Education
http://home.ied.edu.hk/~yccheng
WERA Symposium at AERA Annual Meeting
4 May 2010, Denver USA
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In Asia-Pacific:
>1m school
leaders
Enhance
>26m teachers in
primary & secondary
schools
>500m school
students
Change the
Future
~50% of the world
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A Challenge:
But how can school
leadership be effectively
enhanced?
In Asia-Pacific:
>1m school
leaders
Enhance
Unfortunately, lack of
comprehensive research
base to inform
development &
enhancement of school
leadership in AP.
>26m teachers in
primary & secondary
schools
Western theories not
appropriate
~50% of the world
>500m school
students
Change the
Future
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In the coming 10 years,
Asia-Pacific Region
As facing growing
challenges from globalization
to local development
As the most fast growing
area for the development of
the world economically &
socially,
As the largest area of
growing human capital &
tertiary graduates for
knowledge-based economy
Urgent need of
capable school
leadership to
transform the
school systems to
support these fast
developments in
AP
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3 Waves of Educational Reforms &
Leadership in the Region
Effective School
Movements
Quality /Competitive
School Movements
World-Class School
Movements
Globalization
Internal
Improvement
Market
Competition
Effectiveness
Quality
Relevance
as Stakeholders’
Satisfaction
to
Future
Development
as
Target
Achievement
1980s--90s
Internal
Leadership
1990s
Interface
Leadership
2000s
Future
Leadership
Multiple Developments in Globalization
 Technological
Development
 Economic Development
 Social Development
 Political Development
 Cultural Development
 Learning Development
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3rd Wave Education
for Contextualized Multiple Intelligence (CMI)
 Technological
Person
CMI
Technological
Intelligence
 Economic
Person
Economic
Intelligence
 Social Person
Social
Intelligence
 Political
Person
 Cultural
Person
 Learning
Person
Political
Intelligence
Cultural
Intelligence
Learning
Intelligence
Multiple &
Sustainable
Effectiveness
for Multiple
Developments
in Globalization
Challenges from
Changing
Environment
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Pentagon Theory of Learning
for Development of CMI & Creativity
Technological
Intelligence
Economic
Intelligence
Political
Intelligence
Learning
Intelligence
Intelligence/
Thinking
Transfer
Social
Intelligence
Cultural
Intelligence
3rd Wave Leaders
for CMI & Creativity?
To facilitate development of
CMI and creativity of students
and teachers for sustainable
effectiveness in the future.
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3rd Wave Learning: New Paradigm of
Learning
Traditional
Site-Bounded
Paradigm
Shift
New CMITriplization
Paradigm
Triplization in Ed =
Globalization+ Localization + Individualization in Ed.
Cheng (1999, 2000)
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World-Class Learning =
CMI-Triplization in
Learning
Unlimited Opportunity for multiple &
sustainable development
3rd Wave: A New Paradigm of Future Leadership
Triplization
Leadership
Paradigm Shift Leadership
To
Multi-level
Learning
Leadership ( or
Sustainable Development
Leadership)
To
Multiple
Thinking
Leadership
To
Multiple
To
Creativity
Leadership
facilitate paradigm shift towards
globalization, Localization &
Individualization in education
lead multiple-level learning including
students’ learning, teachers’ professional
learning & school’s organizational
learning for sustainable development
perform contextualized multiple
thinking (CMT) in leadership practice &
facilitate development of CMT of
students, staff, and the organization
perform multiple creativity in
leadership & facilitate development of
multiple creativity of students, staff, & the
organization
Samples
31 secondary schools in Hong
Kong
30 principals, 1119 teachers and
7063 students of G9 & G16
Quantitative & Case Studies
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“High SBM & High PS” Schools vs
“Low SBM & Low PS” Schools
High PS
High SBM
15.00
14.00
13.00
Mean
Paradigm
Education (PS)(PS)
ininEducation
ShiftShift
Paradigm
16.00
12.00
11.00
Low PS
Low SBM
10.00
9.00
3.0
3.5
4.0
Mean
4.5
5.0
5.5
Towards School-based Management (SBM)
Towards
School-based Management (SBM)
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SBM, PS
Learning
Effectiveness
SC Teaching
M. Thinking
All scores are Z-scores;
SBM: Towards School-based Management; PS: Paradigm Shift in Education;
No. of schools in High PS & High SBM Group = 8,
No. of schools in Low PS & Low SBM Group = 12
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Overall Satisfaction
Social Satisfaction
Extrinsic Satisfaction
Intrinsic Satisfaction
Student's Satisfaction
Learning Thinking
Cultural Thinking
Political Thinking
Social Thinking
Economic Thinking
Technological Thinking
Multiple Thinking in Learning
Learning Opportunity
Self-directed Learning
Self-reflection
Learning Facilitation
Learning Effectiveness
Learning Methods and Strategies
Positive Learning
Facilitating Student Self Reflection & Assessment
Facilitating Student Thinking
Facilitating Student Learning
Student-centered Teaching
Paradigm Shift in Teaching
Paradigm Shift in Learning
Paradigm Shift in Curriculum
Paradigm Shift in Education
Towards School-based Management
Group Mean
Profiles of “High SBM & High PS” Schools &
“Low SBM & Low PS” Schools
1.4
1.2
1
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
-0.2
0
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1
Satisfaction
High SBM & High PS
Low SBM & Low PS
Future Research on Leadership
Effective School
Movements
Quality /Competitive
School Movements
World-Class School
Movements
Globalization
Higher
Order
Research:
To
Market
Internal
Competition
Improvement
Provide a Comprehensive
Knowledge Base to Understand
Paradigm Shifts
& Develop a Relevance
Quality
Effectiveness
as Stakeholders’
of Leaders for to
as New Generation
Satisfaction
Future
Target
New Learning & GlobalizationDevelopment
Achievement
1980s--90s
Internal
Leadership
1990s
Interface
Leadership
2000s
Future
Leadership
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鄭燕祥教授
Email address: yccheng@ied.edu.hk
http://home.ied.edu.hk/~yccheng
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