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George N. Shava

Researcher at National University of Science and Technology

Publications -  19
Citations -  90

George N. Shava is an academic researcher from National University of Science and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Educational leadership & Higher education. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 14 publications receiving 70 citations. Previous affiliations of George N. Shava include North-West University.

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Distributed leadership in education, contemporary issues in educational leadership

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide an in depth description of how leadership can be distributed in schools to improve learning outcomes and highlight a number of areas for improving leadership in schools and the need for mobilizing collective engagement and challenging or reinforcing traditional forms of leadership.
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Agency and Structure: Principals' Ability to Bring about Sustainable Improvement in Underperforming Schools in South Africa.

TL;DR: In this article, the role of principals in changing underperforming schools towards sustainable improvement in one circuit area of the United States was investigated in order to understand the role and importance of principals.
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Towards Achieving Quality Distance Education, Challenges and Opportunities: The Case of the Zimbabwe Open University

TL;DR: In the knowledge-based global economy of coming decades, quality distance education will be a cornerstone of broad based economic growth and social empowerment as mentioned in this paper. But without strategies to improvise, it is difficult to find the right distance education policies.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Distance Education Management Positions: Experiences from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU)

TL;DR: A qualitative study examined and analysed the social, economic, traditional, political and religious factors influencing the degree of women advancement in Open Distance Learning (ODL) senior management positions as discussed by the authors.
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Enhancing Learner Achievement through Effective School Leadership: Experiences from Selected Rural Schools in South Africa

TL;DR: The role of school leadership in the South African educational context has become incredibly complex and its effectiveness needs to be investigated as mentioned in this paper, and the roles of school principals are expanding as the...