Emira, Mahmoud

Abstract: This article, first, examines how Egyptian teachers and senior teachers (formal leaders) define leadership and whether the length of their teaching experience has an effect on their views. Second, it explores their perspectives on the relationship between teacher leadership and decision making. The research sample is a mixed group of 20 Egyptian teachers of English language, three of them are senior teachers. The length of their teaching experience varies from 2 to 13 years. The findings show that the group defines teacher leadership in terms of characteristics of leaders; styles of leadership and what teacher leaders do both inside and outside classroom. Almost all of them see a link between leadership and decision making. In general, length of experience does not seem to have a major impact on their views. This is a key finding because it raises questions about the Ministry of Education's (MoE) selection of teachers for leadership responsibilities, which is based on the length of their teaching experience. The implications of these findings are examined in relation to the proposal of the MoE for decentralizing education in Egypt.

总结：本文首先考察埃及教师和高级教师是如何定义领导的，以及是否他们的教学经验的长短对他们的看法产生影响。其次，探讨了教师领导和决策之间的关系的看法。一般情况下，经验长短似乎并没有对他们的意见产生重大影响。这是一个重要的发现，因为它引起了人们对教育的教育部选拔教师的领导责任，这是根据自己的教学经验的长短的问题。

来源：Educational Management Administration & Leadership, v38 n5 p591-612 Sep 2010. 22 pp