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Informationen zum Autor Professor Ian R. Haslam is the Dean of Bahrain Teachers College at the University of Bahrain.Dr Myint Swe Khine is an Associate Professor and Head of Graduate Programsand Research at Bahrain Teachers College at the University of Bahrain.Dr Issa M. Saleh is an Associate Professor and Head of Education Studies at Bahrain Teachers College at the University of Bahrain. Zusammenfassung This book is about the importance of social capital and professional development leadership for teachers and school leaders. It synthesizes the research on the role of the professional development leader, the development of social capital in schools and its potential impact for large scale system wide reform projects. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1:Social Capital: The Professional Development Imperative for Large Scale ReformIan R. Haslam! Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh 2: System Reform and Primary Literacy: Implication for School LeadershipBrahm Fleisch3: Wicked Path to Transformative Education Reform Conrad Wesley Snyder4: Design Research Approach in the Large Scale Educational Innovations Tiina Soini! Janne Pietarinen and Kirsi Pyhältö 5: High Performing Teachers Colleges! Social Capital and Large Scale Reform in the Kingdom of BahrainIan R. Haslam6: Assessment of Wide-Scale Educational Reform Initiatives: Opportunities in Social Capital Building Ramona A. Hall 7: Developing Social Capital through National Education: The Transformation of Teacher Education in Turkey Gary M. Grossman 8: System Improvement through Capacity Building: the Power and Potential of Professional Learning CommunitiesAlma Harris and Michelle Jones9: System and Policy Dimensions of Professional Development Mark Ginsburg10: Australian Middle Years Reform: A Focus on Teachers and Leaders as the Subjects and Agents of ChangeKatherine Main 11: Career Guidance in Oman - Establishing a Centre and the use of Action Research as a Tool for Capacity Building Gari Donn and Sana Al Balushi 12: Educational Reform and Professional Development: Paradigm Shift and International SyndromeYin Cheong Cheng ...