ASSIGNMENT

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HMEF5023_V2

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

JANUARY 2023 SEMESTER

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION
1. Answer in English or Malay.

2. Number of words: 3000 – 5000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in SINGLE files.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date : 14 March 2023.

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

The objective of the assignment is to relate educational leadership practices with selected case studies and research.

PART 1: JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW (20%)

Review the following journal article on the school headmasters’ leadership qualities.

Sultan, F. M. M., Karuppannan, G., & Rumpod, J. (2022). Instructional Leadership Practices Among Headmasters and The Correlation with Primary

Schools’ Achievement in Sabah, Malaysia. English Language Teaching, 15(2).

https://doi.org/10.5539/elt.v15n2p50
Use your own words, and your review must include the following components:

▪ The focus of the article.

▪ The importance of the study.

▪ Discussion on what was done in the study.

▪ The key results of the study.

▪ Personal understanding and critique of the article.

[Total: 20 marks]

PART 2: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW REPORT (30%)

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Use the above article in Part 1 (Sultan et al., 2022) as a reference to conduct an in-depth interview (online or face-to-face) with 2 (TWO) senior teachers who

have been teaching for more than five years at any school/institution to address the following research objective/research question:

Research Objective:

To examine the teachers’ perceptions of the school principal’s leadership qualities.

Research Question:

What are the teachers’ perceptions of the school principal’s leadership qualities?

In your report, you need to include the following elements.

1) The profile of the key informants: Write in detail the profile of these two key informants to be written descriptively (NOT in table form).

2) Qualitative data analysis: Analyse descriptively and narratively the in-depth interviews in the qualitative method. Your analysis should use these

themes: accountability, communication, decision-making, and time management. Please note that it is NOT
in a dialogue/conversation form or raw data.

3) Key findings and conclusion: Elaborate on key findings and draw a conclusion

[Total: 30 marks]

PART 3: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)

This part requires students to participate actively in the MyINSPIRE eforum. Discuss the following topics in the forum and submit proof of your participation

with your tutor and peers in the eforum online discussions:

1. Discuss the difference between the functions of management and leadership.

2. Discuss Locke and Latham’s Goal-Setting Theory and how the theory can be used to motivate teachers in schools.

[Total: 10 marks]

[TOTAL: 60 MARKS]

Instruction on how to submit proof of online class participation:

1. Select the best FIVE (5) postings from your forum discussion set in the assignment.

2. Take screenshots of the postings and include them as images in your Part 1 and Part 2 assignment file.

3. The screenshots should be in an image file (either in JPG or PNG format). Refer to the sample of Screen Grab below

4. The screenshots should contain the name, title of the discussion, day, date and time.

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ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS

HMEF5023_V2 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP / JANUARY 2023 SEMESTER

PART 1: JOURNAL ARTICLE REVIEW (20%)

QN CLO Unsatisfactory

Excellent Good Fair Poor Or

Criteria Weight Max Marks
No response

4 3 2 1 0

1 2 The focus of the study 1.0 An excellent explanation of the A good explanation of the article. A satisfactory explanation of the A very vague explanation of the No explanation is provided 4

article article article.

2 The importance of the study 1.0 An excellent description of the A good description of the importance A brief description of the A very vague description of the No description is done. 4

importance of the study. of the study. importance of the study. importance of the study.

2 Discussion on what was done in the study 1.5  An excellent discussion in  A good discussion in terms of  A brief discussion in terms  A very vague discussion in No discussion is provided 6

terms of the problem the problem statement, of the problem statement, terms of the problem

statement, research research questions/ research questions/ statement, research

questions/objective, objectives, respondents and objectives, respondents questions/objectives,

respondents and research research method and research method respondents and research

method  Almost all components are  Some components are method

 All components are covered. covered covered.  Insufficient components are

covered.

2 Personal understanding and critique of the article 1.5  Excellent personal response  Good personal response on  Satisfactory personal  A feeble personal response 6

to the implications the implications response on the on the implications of the

 The opinions are expressed  The opinions are expressed implications study
No personal response is evident
very clearly clearly  The opinions are  The opinions are vague

expressed quite

reasonably clear.

Total 5 20

*QN = Question Number

PART 2: IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW REPORT (30%)

CLO Criteria Weight Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory Max Marks

QN Or

No response

4
 4 3 2 1 0

2 3 Profile of two key informants 1.0 The profile of the key informants is The profile of the key informants is written The profile of the key informants is written The profile of the key informants is There is no profile of key 4

written excellently and detailed. well and quite detailed. adequately and in less detail. written poorly and lacks details. informants.

3 Qualitative Data Analysis 4.0 The thematic analysis is excellent with The thematic analysis is good with The thematic analysis is average with some The thematic analysis is weak with There is no thematic analysis 16

i. accountability strong evidence to support it. Good evidence to support it. Good effort to supporting evidence. Some effort was no evidence to support it. A limited evident.

ii. communication effort to elaborate with the elaborate with the combination of made to elaborate on the combination of effort to elaborate with the

iii. decision making combination of reported speech and reported speech and direct speech. reported speech and direct speech. combination of reported speech and

iv. time management direct speech. direct speech.

3 Key Findings and Conclusion 2.5 The findings and conclusion are The findings and conclusion are presented The findings and conclusion are presented The findings and conclusion are There is no finding and 10

presented with an excellent write-up. with a write-up. with an adequate write-up. merely presented in a limited write- conclusion write-up.

up.

Total 7.5 30

*QN = Question Number

PART 3: ONLINE CLASS PARTICIPATION (10%)

Excellent Good Fair Poor Unsatisfactory

QN CLO Criteria Weightage Max marks
4 3 2 1 0

3 3 Quality of Postings 2.5 All five comments are good, appropriate, Four of the comments are good, appropriate, relevant, Two or three comments are somewhat One post was submitted. Postings are done past the 10

relevant, meaningful, and respectful. meaningful, and respectful. good, appropriate, meaningful and OR All posts are done in one day. assignment timeline.

Postings reflect active participation within Postings reflect participation within the assignment respectful. OR None of the comments is good and OR No postings given as proof of

the assignment timeline. timeline. Postings show relatively short relevant. participation in discussion.

participation time. OR Comments are short responses that

are either substantial or meaningful.

Minimum effort (e.g. “I agree with Tina”)

Total Marks 2.5 10

*QN = Question Number