EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

EDS411

Course Code: EDS411
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 2 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Servet Özdemir

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

will understand the importance of leadership in educational administration.
will analyze leadership behavior in educational organizations.
will know different leadership theories and types.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course consists of management and leadership, leadership theories, leadership in school management and the school administrator as a leader, reflection of educational leadership approaches on school management, characteristics of effective schools and instructional leadership, instructional leadership behaviors of school administrators.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	The Nature of Leadership and Basic Leadership Theories (Trait and Behavioral theories)
2^nd Week	The Nature of Leadership and Basic Leadership Theories (Contingency Theories)
3^rd Week	Instructional Leadership
4^th Week	Teacher Leadership
5^th Week	Cultural Leadership
6^th Week	Charsimatic leadership, distributed leadership and authentic leadership
7^th Week	Super and Moral Leadership
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Transformational Leadership
10^th Week	Transactional Leadership
11^th Week	Visionary Leadership
12^th Week	A General Evaluation of New Leadership Theories and Educational Leadership
13^th Week	A General Evaluation of New Leadership Theories and Educational Leadership
14^th Week	Educational Leadership Studies in Türkiye
15^th Week	Revision

Recommended or Required Reading

Hoy, W. K., & Miskel, C. G. (2010). Educational administration: Theory, Research and Practice. (Trans. S.Turan). Nobel
Özdemir, S. (Ed.). (2012). Turkish education system and school administration. Pegem Academy.
Cemaloğlu, N. & Gökyer, N. (2021). New approaches in management.
Celep, C. (2014). Leadership behavior of the educational administrator. Ankara: Nobel Publishing
Çelik, V. (2007). Educational leadership. Ankara: Pegem A Publications.
Açıkalın, A. (1994) School administration with its technical and social aspects. Ankara: Pegem Publications.
Basaran, İ.E. (1992) Human relations in management. Ankara: Kadıoğlu Printing House.
Erçetin, Ş. (1998). Vision in the leader spiral. Ankara: Önder Printing House.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Questions/Answers

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	2	2	4
Individual or group work	14	2	28
Preparation for Final exam	1	16	16
Course hours	13	2	26
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	14	14
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework	3	5	15
Report writing	1	5	5
Article	2	5	10
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2			X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17		X
K18

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2			X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17		X
K18

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2			X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17		X
K18

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1
K2			X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5	X	X	X
K6
K7	X	X	X
K8	X	X	X
K9
K10
K11
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14
K15
K16
K17		X
K18