Instructional Leadership Practices among School Principals in Asian Countries: A Systematic Review

Abstract

This review paper mainly elaborates on instructional leadership in Asian countries in terms of its adoption and practices. Unfortunately, most of the existing studies focus mainly on European countries. Therefore, this study aims to examine instructional leadership practices among school principals in Asian countries by reviewing a number of relevant studies. The present study employs the Research Question Development Tool (RQDT) and mainly uses Population, Interest, and Context (PICo) techniques. Our data was extracted from the Web of Science (WoS). The deductive thematic analysis approach focuses on five main themes: school mission and vision, school climate, instructional programs, student achievement, and management of curriculum. These five themes are further subcategorized into fifteen sub-themes. This study found that principals in Asian countries place a greater priority on instructional programs, student achievement, school mission and vision, and school climate than on curriculum management.