Selection and Training of School Administrators in Different Countries

Abstract

This study presents the results of the content analysis of articles published in Scopus “Scientific Article Database” Web of Science, Ulakbilim, Yök and Google Scholar from 2010 to 2018. The research contains 277 articles. These articles were examined and subsequently screened as based on the keywords “education administration”, “school administrators”, “selection of administrators”, “training of administrators” and “content analysis”. As a result of the screening, 54 articles were reached. Content analysis is a method providing necessary indicators and a glimpse of multiple articles for authors, readers and others in the relevant field. In the content analysis research, the years of publication of the articles, journals they were published in, the number of authors, the number of references, the number of keywords, the country the research was conducted in, the method used, the number of samples, data collection methods and analysis methods were examined. As a result of the research, it was concluded that in the United States, England and many foreign countries, a master’s degree is obligatory to be an educational administrator. However, the related degrees are not adequately taken into consideration by the Ministry of Education in Turkey.