Leadership in Education

Klappentext `Leadership in education is receiving increasing attention, and this text contributes much to the debate. A useful text that will appeal to a wide audience of senior managers, teachers, programme designers and researchers' - Learning and Skills Research `If one were on a fact-finding mission to gain insight into leadership thought and practice in education, then this book is an excellent resource' - Education News `This book makes an excellent contribution to the current debate on Educational Leadership. It blends theory with practice and provides an important resource for many aspects of leadership development programmes at a variety of levels. The book will appeal to the academic reader, the postgraduate student and those involved in providing leadership courses at a professional level. There is an international perspective on the analysis of leadership theory and practice, integrating examples from a variety of cultural settings and exploring education at all phases from primary to higher' - Stephen Merrill, Edge Hill College of Higher Education, Journal of In-Service Education `Leadership in Education offers an excellent analysis of the current debate: well informed on research and practice, positive but critical. It is particularly strong on what it calls "the railway-bookstall offerings of context-independent leadership".... There is a great deal of practical wisdom within these very accessible pages' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement This book deals with leadership in all sectors, from primary to higher education. It presents an international perspective on the analysis of leadership theory and practice, with the integration of exemplars from different cultural settings. The authors provide a wide range of conceptual perspectives on leadership. Themes include: - the efficacy of centralized versus distributed concepts of leadership - the contrast between competency and academic models of leadership development - the contradistinction between functionalist and democratic models of leadership. These themes are developed in four sections: - Conceptualization - Leadership development - Teachers as leaders - Leadership in practice Contributors include: Clive Dimmock, Peter Gronn, Marianne Coleman, Peter Ribbins, Ray Bolam, Peter Newton, Kenneth Leithwood, Helen Gunter, Lynn Davis, Clive Harber and Graham Peeke This book is recommended to all involved in educational management, particularly to students, teachers, researchers, policy makers and educational administrators. The Centre for Educational Leadership and Management series, edited by Tony Bush, examines the impact of the many changes in the management of schools and colleges, drawing on empirical evidence. The approach if analytical rather than descriptive and generates conclusions about the most effective ways of managing schools on the basis of research evidence. Zusammenfassung Deals with leadership in various sectors! from primary to higher education. This book presents an international perspective on the analysis of leadership theory and practice! with the integration of exemplars from different cultural settings. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: CONCEPTUALISING LEADERSHIP Leadership in Learning-Centred Schools - Clive Dimmock Cultural Context, Functions and Qualities Leadership¿s Place in a Community of Practice - Peter Gronn Gender in Educational Leadership - Marianne Coleman PART TWO: DEVELOPING LEADERS, DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP Biography and the Study of School Leader Careers - Peter Ribbins Towards a Humanistic Approach Models of Leadership Development - Ray Bolam Learning from International Experience and Research The National College for School Leadership - Peter Newton Its Role in ...

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PART ONE: CONCEPTUALISING LEADERSHIP
Leadership in Learning-Centred Schools - Clive Dimmock
Cultural Context, Functions and Qualities
Leadership's Place in a Community of Practice - Peter Gronn
Gender in Educational Leadership - Marianne Coleman
PART TWO: DEVELOPING LEADERS, DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP
Biography and the Study of School Leader Careers - Peter Ribbins
Towards a Humanistic Approach
Models of Leadership Development - Ray Bolam
Learning from International Experience and Research
The National College for School Leadership - Peter Newton
Its Role in Developing Leaders
PART THREE: TEACHERS AS LEADERS
Teacher Leadership - Kenneth Leithwood
Its Nature, Development and Impact on Schools and Students
Teacher Leadership - Helen M Gunter
Prospects and Possibilities
Effective Leadership for War and Peace - Clive Harber and Lynn Davies
PART FOUR: PERSPECTIVES ON LEADERSHIP IN PRACTICE
Leading High-Performing Schools - Mark Brundrett and Neil Burton
Leadership in Further Education - Graham Peeke
Leadership in UK Higher Education - David Watson

Relazione

`Leadership in Education offers an excellent analysis of the current debate: well informed on research and practice, positive but critical. It is particularly strong on what it calls "the railway-bookstall offerings of context-independent leadership".... There is a great deal of practical wisdom within these very accessible pages' - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement

`If one were on a fact-finding mission to gain insight into leadership thought and practice in education, then this book is an excellent resource' - Education News

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mark Brundrett, Mark Burton Brundrett
• Con la collaborazione di: Mark Brundrett (Editore), Neil Burton (Editore), Robert Smith (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 12.03.2003
• EAN: 9780761940487
• ISBN: 978-0-7619-4048-7
• Pagine: 202
• Serie: Centre for Educational Leadership and Management; Centre for Educational Leadership and Management; Centre for Educational Leaders
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Istruzione