Teacher Leadership in Singapore: The Next Wave of Effective Leadership

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 170 - 194, 30.12.2017

Salleh Hairon

https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2017.2.3

Cited By: 12

Abstract

This article provides the practical and theoretical
justifications for the growth of teacher leadership, in the Singapore education
context. It argues that since 2001, the importance of teacher leadership has
been growing, and more significantly in the last five years, which is due to
several factors. First, the race towards attaining 21st century competencies in
students, yet maintaining academic rigour in terms of outcomes. Second, the
growing complexity of education contexts. These conditions had caused schools
to invest their resources in strengthening classroom instruction through
building teacher capacity and competency, and the leadership that support it.
However, for the latter, what is becoming evident in schools and education
systems is the distribution of instructional leadership. This article provides
the practical and theoretical discussions on the growing importance of teacher
leadership using the Singapore education context as an illustrative case, and
discusses implications for school leaders.

Keywords

Teacher leadership, Effective leadership, Singapore

References

• Bass, B.M. (1981). Stodgill’s handbook of leadership: A survey of theory and research. New York: Free Press.