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June 29, 2026Research in Educational Administration & LeadershipOpen Access

Principals’ Instructional Leadership and Teachers’ Classroom Practices: A Mixed-Methods Study in Ethiopian Rural and Urban Schools

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ZTZinabu TesfayeDEDawit EdamoMBMisganu Legesse Bareke

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Overview

Mixed-methods study examines the impact of principals’ leadership on teachers’ practices in urban and rural Ethiopian schools, indicating a need for policy change.

Key Points

  • The study aims to explore how the urban-rural context influences principals' instructional leadership and its effects on teachers' practices in Ethiopia.
  • Sequential explanatory mixed-methods design conducted in Gedeo Zone, Ethiopia.
  • Survey data collected from 180 teachers and qualitative data from 63 education professionals (nine principals and 54 teachers).
  • Analysis of instructional leadership practices and disparities between urban and rural school settings.
  • Urban principals show stronger instructional management than rural principals (p=.022).
  • Relationship between principals' instructional leadership and teachers' practices is significant in urban schools (ρ=.337, p=.001) but weak in rural schools (ρ=.160, p=.147).
  • Rural principals face administrative burdens, resource scarcity, and a demoralized teaching force, necessitating adaptation of leadership strategies.

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Tesfaye et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a420b7af91bb43ea91927fehttps://doi.org/10.30828/real.1837906
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