Journal of Educational Sciences
Vol. 10 No. 3 (2026): Journal of Educational Sciences

Instructional Leadership in School Literacy: A Systematic Literature Review Based on Scopus and Google Scholar Data (2020–2025)

Prasetyaningtyas, Hariyani (Unknown)
Effendi, Mohammad Sofwan (Unknown)
Sugiarto, Sugiarto (Unknown)
Kamaludin, Kamaludin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Mar 2026

Abstract

Research on instructional leadership and school literacy has increased significantly; however, prior studies often examine leadership practices, collaboration, or literacy outcomes separately, resulting in limited integrative understanding of how these elements function as a coherent school-wide system. This study aims to systematically analyze how instructional leadership contributes to strengthening primary school literacy through organizational, collaborative, and instructional processes. A Systematic Literature Review was conducted following the PRISMA 2020 protocol. Forty-five open-access studies published between 2020 and 2025 were retrieved from Scopus and Google Scholar. The data were analyzed using thematic synthesis and bibliometric mapping with VOSviewer to identify dominant patterns, research clusters, and conceptual relationships. The findings indicate that instructional leadership positions literacy as a strategic school agenda through policy direction and supervision, effective implementation depends on structured collaboration among principals, teachers, and librarians, and systematic literacy management is consistently associated with improved student academic achievement. This study concludes that school literacy operates as a collaborative instructional ecosystem governed by leadership processes, offering a conceptual contribution to instructional leadership theory and guidance for coherent literacy policy and practice.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JES

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Subject

Religion Humanities Education Library & Information Science Other

Description

JES publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring regionally and internationally in the educational sciences with the aim to advance our knowledge both in term of theory and practice. Moreover, this journal also covers the issues concerned with the following special sections: ...