| Specifically, the study aims to describe the principal instructional leadership practices, to identify the most and least important teachers' instructional practices, and to investigate whether there is a relationship between the principals' instructional practices and teachers' teaching practices | Abstract Instructional leadership has become one of the most widely researched topics |
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| This study is quantitative in nature and therefore a questionnaire was used to collect data from teachers in 24 schools in Sharjah |
In other words, when the principal attends to certain leadership practices, the teacher gives more attention to certain instructional practices.
| They provide attention to students working in groups, stating the lesson goals, checking students' exercise books than, for example, asking students to write essays to demonstrate their creative ideas, giving them projects that last for some time, and holding debates in the classrooms | Finally, the study found a positive relationship between principals' instructional leadership practices and teachers' teaching practices |
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| The sample was 111 male and 269 female teachers with a total of 380 teachers | The study found that principals in Sharjah schools practice certain tasks of instructional leadership more than others |
With regard to teachers' instructional practices, it was found that teachers focus on certain practices more than others.