The 55th Annual Meeting of Journal of Educational Administration
On 19 April, the 55th Annual meeting of the Journal of Educational Administration (JEA), hosted by the APCLC, was held in San Antonio, Texas in conjunction with the American Educational Research Association’s Annual Meeting 2017. During the meeting, the editors announced the winners of two annual awards. Participants from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Israel, The United Kingdom and The United States were in attendance.
The A. Ross Thomas Outstanding Paper Award is selected annually by EAB members from among the 36 papers published in the most recently completed volume of JEA. JEA sponsors the Educational Leadership and Strategy category of the Emerald / European Foundation for Management and Development Outstanding Doctoral Research Award. Each year JEA selects the Outstanding and Highly Recommended dissertations. Winners of the Outstanding Dissertation receive an certificate and a cash prize.
Joseph Lau Chair Professor Allan Walker and Professor Philip Hallinger, editors of JEA, are pleased to announce the following award winners:
'A. Ross Thomas Outstanding Paper Award’
Outstanding Paper:
Kenneth Leithwood, Vera Ndifor Azah, (2016). Characteristics of effective leadership networks, Journal of Educational Administration, 54(4), pp.409-433.
Highly Commended Papers:
Chris Brown, Dell Zhang, (2016). Un-rational behaviour? What causes discrepancies between teachers’ attitudes towards evidence use and actual instances of evidence use in schools? Journal of Educational Administration, 54(4), pp.469-491.
Smadar Gilad-Hai, Anit Somech, (2016). “The day after”: The organizational consequences of innovation implementation in experimental schools, Journal of Educational Administration, 54(1), pp.19-40.
'Emerald / European Foundation for Management and Development (EFMD)
Outstanding Doctoral Research Award’
(Highly Commended Doctoral Research is also acknowledged)
Outstanding Doctoral Research:
Dr Jared Boyce
Teachers College, Columbia University
“Commitment and Leadership: What We Know From the Schools and Staffing Survey”
Highly Commended Doctoral Research:
Dr Antonios Kafa
Open University of Cyprus
"Exploring the Espoused Values and Values in Action of Principals’ Leadership Styles in Cyprus"
