Teacher Leadership? Voices of Backbone Teachers in China. Issue 3 (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liang, Jia "Grace"; Wang, Feiye
• Is Part Of: Journal of school leadership. Volume 29:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 229
• Page End: 247
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: teacher leadership -- Mainland China -- transcultural application and analysis -- backbone teachers -- principal leadership; School management and organization -- United States -- Periodicals; Administration scolaire -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; School management and organization; United States; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 371.2
• DOI: 10.1177/1052684619836826
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2631-9659

Abstract

This qualitative research investigated the applicability of teacher leadership, a notion mostly grounded in the Western literatures, to the educational settings in China. The current research focused on the Chinese lead teachers, backbone teachers (BTs), their experiences, and perspectives of teacher leadership. As a program designed to increase school capacity, the BT system has left its delivery of the promises largely to the local context. The BTs' boundary expanding into other leadership domains traditionally considered as remote from the core of teaching and learning was at the mercy of the principal's leadership and support.