1. |
|
theorise middle leadership by examining commonalities and variations in teacher, middle and senior leaders' understandings of middle leaders' roles in secondary schools; |
2. |
|
analyse opportunities for middle leadership at the subject, school-wide and external leadership levels; |
3. |
|
evaluate opportunities and challenges faced by ML in their role enactment; |
4. |
|
examine critical skills and support structures needed to help MLs optimize leadership opportunities and mitigate challenges that they face; |
5. |
|
examine how MLs are developed for their roles within and outside their schools and postulate strategies to support and strengthen their preparation; and |
6. |
|
provide evidence of and explain the impact of organizational and cultural factors on intra- and inter-school variations in middle leadership. |