Cultivating Leadership in Early Childhood Education and Care - Trouble, Complexity and Promise

This book redefines leadership in early childhood education, offering fresh theoretical insights and practical approaches.

List of contents

Prologue
Part I: Trouble
1. We Need to Talk About Leadership in ECEC
2. Thinking Differently About Leadership Theory and Practice
Part II: Complexity
3. Dispositions for Leading: Knowledge, Skills, Values
4. The Complex Site of ECEC: Where Leadership Happens
Part III: Promise
5. Organisations Cultivating and Shaping Leadership
6. Learning for Leading
7. A Path Ahead

About the author

Dr Leanne Gibbs is Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt University. She joined Charles Sturt University after an exemplary career within Australian early childhood education. Her research interests include leadership, advocacy and public policy, and she has published extensively on the topic of leadership emergence and cultivation in early childhood education.

Summary

This book redefines leadership in early childhood education, offering fresh theoretical insights and practical approaches.

Product details

• Authors: Leanne Gibbs, Leanne (University of Wollongong Gibbs
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032234373
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3223437-3
• No. of pages: 174
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organizational theory & behaviour, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Educational strategies & policy, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Organizational theory and behaviour, Pre-school & kindergarten, Early childhood care and education, Pre-school and kindergarten