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Allan David Walker is affiliated with the Education University of Hong Kong in China. Their research is centered primarily within the social sciences, with a strong focus on education. The main fields of study include education, information systems and management, social psychology, demography, and sociology and political science. Their work covers various subfields, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to educational research.

Their scholarly contributions emphasize topics such as teacher education and leadership studies, collaborative teaching and inclusion, educational assessment and improvement, parental involvement in education, global educational reforms and inequalities, along with educational and psychological assessments, and teacher professional development and motivation.

Walker has contributed to numerous academic venues, frequently publishing in:

  • Educational Management Administration & Leadership
  • Journal of Educational Administration
  • Professional Development in Education
  • Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education
  • Journal of Education Policy

Recent publications by Walker include:

  • "Developing a model of instructional leadership in China" (2020), published in Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education
  • "Creating conditions for professional learning communities (PLCs) in schools in China: the role of school principals" (2020), published in Professional Development in Education
  • "Building Emotional Principal-Teacher Relationships in Chinese Schools: Reflecting on Paternalistic Leadership" (2021), published in The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher
  • "Principal-designed structures that enhance middle leaders' professional learning" (2022), published in Educational Management Administration & Leadership
  • "How school leadership practices relate to student outcomes: Insights from a three-level meta-analysis" (2021), published in Educational Management Administration & Leadership

Throughout their career, Walker has collaborated extensively with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • Haiyan Qian
  • Darren Anthony Bryant
  • Moosung Lee
  • Sedat Gümüş
  • Jianjing Tang

Best Publications

  • Educational Leadership: Culture and Diversity

    Clive Dimmock;Allan David Walker

  • Leadership for social justice in Hong Kong schools: Addressing mechanisms of inequality

    Ming Ming Chiu;Allan David Walker

  • Developing Comparative and International Educational Leadership and Management: A cross-cultural model

    Clive Dimmock;Allan David Walker

  • Teaching Abroad: Lessons learned about inter-cultural understanding for teachers in higher education

    Peter Thomas Bodycott;Allan David Walker

  • Globalisation and Societal Culture: Redefining schooling and school leadership in the twenty-first century

    Clive Dimmock;Allan Walker

  • Comparative Educational Administration: Developing a Cross-Cultural Conceptual Framework

    Clive Dimmock;Allan Walker

  • Beginning principals: balancing at the top of the greasy pole

    Allan Walker;Haiyan Qian

  • VALIDATING THE COMPETING VALUES MODEL AS A REPRESENTATION OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THROUGH INTER‐INSTITUTIONAL COMPARISONS

    Paula Kwan;Allan Walker

  • A synthesis of reviews of research on principal leadership in East Asia

    Allan David Walker;Philip Hallinger

  • A Distributed Perspective on Instructional Leadership in International Baccalaureate (IB) Schools

    Moo Sung Lee;Philip Hallinger;Allan David Walker

  • Continuing education reform in Hong Kong: Issues of contextualization

    Christopher Robin Dowson;Peter Thomas Bodycott;Allan David Walker;David Coniam

  • School Leadership in Context--Societal and Organisational Cultures.

    Clive Dimmock;Allan David Walker

  • School Leadership and Management

    Allan David Walker

  • Principal leadership in China: an initial review

    Allan Walker;Rongkun Hu;Haiyan Qian

  • Contrasting effects of instructional leadership practices on student learning in a high accountability context

    Moosung Lee;Allan Walker;Yuk Ling Chui

  • Building and leading a learning culture among teachers: A case study of a Shanghai primary school

    Qian Haiyan;Allan Walker;Yang Xiaowei

  • Wisdom gained, wisdom given: instituting PBL in a Chinese culture

    Allan David Walker;Edwin Bridges;Benjamin Chan

  • Moving School Leadership Beyond its Narrow Boundaries: Developing a Cross-cultural Approach

    Allan David Walker;Clive Dimmock

  • Leadership Challenges in International Schools in the Asia Pacific Region: Evidence from Programme Implementation of the International Baccalaureate.

    Moo Sung Lee;Philip Hallinger;Allan David Walker

  • Preparing leaders, preparing learners: the Hong Kong experience

    Allan David Walker;Clive Dimmock

Frequent Co-Authors

Clive Dimmock
Clive Dimmock University of Glasgow
Philip Hallinger
Philip Hallinger Mahidol University
Joseph Murphy
Joseph Murphy Vanderbilt University
Kenneth Leithwood
Kenneth Leithwood University of Toronto
Ming Ming Chiu
Ming Ming Chiu University of Hong Kong
Tony Bush
Tony Bush University of Nottingham
Pam Sammons
Pam Sammons University of Oxford
Ellen Goldring
Ellen Goldring Vanderbilt University
James P. Spillane
James P. Spillane Northwestern University

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