Leadership In Education Literature Review

This chapter provides a review of literature to role of leadership in primary school education quality. The review comprises four major sections. In the first section it contains the theoretical literature review of the issues related to the leadership and education quality. In the second section, it reviews that, the empirical evidence of education quality in Ethiopia and in other countries experiences. In the third section, it contains the conceptual frame work of leadership and education quality. The fourth section contains chapter summery.

While reviewing the literatures an effort is made to relate the contents of this part of the paper with the objectives and the research questions of this particular study, for it create an opportunity

According to Andrew (1966), a successful leader contributes to group objectives and their relationship. Davis (1998), also states that leadership is the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives actively. From the above definitions, we can understand that leadership is thus inseparable from the followers’ needs and goals as it occurs in a group. Like other human activities, leadership is difficult to pin down. In this regard, leadership is a concept that does not have yet universally accepted definition; rather it is agreeable in working definition by scholars who work in the field (Wossenu,

1.2 Theories of Leadership

There are many different views of leadership as there are characteristic that distinguish leaders from non-leaders. While most research today has shifted from traditional trait or personality-based theories to a situation theory, which dictates that the situation in which leadership is exercised is determined by the leadership skills and characteristics of the leader (Weber & et al, 2009). According to (Wolinski, 2010), All contemporary theories can fall under one of the following three perspectives: leadership as a process, leadership as a combination of traits or personality characteristics, or leadership as certain behaviours or as they are more commonly referred to leadership skills.

Charry (2012), noting that scholarly interest in leadership increased significantly during the early part of the twentieth century. While the earlier of these focused on the qualities that distinguish leaders from followers, later theories looked at other variables including situational factors and skill levels. According to Chary (2012), although new theories are emerging all of the time, most can be classified as