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Changing Practices of School Leadership in Taiwan: Evolving Education Reforms

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For the past three decades, the Taiwanese education system has undergone waves of reform and gradual deregulation beginning with the lifting of the martial law in 1987. A more democratic and open society opened up new ideas for education and school management. These reforms have greatly influenced the content of education, the organization and power structure of education, the roles of teachers and principals, and very importantly how principals lead and schools are managed. This chapter examines the education reforms in Taiwan throughout the years in terms of its impact, and the challenges they pose to leadership in schools.

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Pan, HL.W., Nyeu, FY. (2019). Changing Practices of School Leadership in Taiwan: Evolving Education Reforms. In: Hairon, S., Goh, J. (eds) Perspectives on School Leadership in Asia Pacific Contexts. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-32-9160-7_4

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