Harris / Day / Hopkins Effective Leadership for School Improvement

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-134-70098-1
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 216 Seiten

In a complex and multi-layered world, the conventional idea of great leadership being the result of the efforts of a single individual is rapidly becoming redundant. This book takes up the challenge of finding an alternative method of leadership in educational contexts, and looks at how this can help achieve sustained improvement in schools.
The authors acknowledge that there are no simple solutions to school improvement. They argue that the effective leaders of the future will be those who are able to share responsibility, build positive relationships and offer stakeholders - teachers, parents and students - an opportunity to work together to improve their schools.
The book is based around four key areas of concern: the changing context of leadership, leadership and school improvement, building leadership capacity, and future direction and implications. In each section, the authors discuss current theories and issues, and put forward alternative ideas and perspectives.
This important book will make valuable reading for headteachers, principles, deputies and other senior teachers, particularly those undertaking leadership qualifications and training. It will also be of interest to postgraduate students and school governors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, Alma

Day, Christopher

Hopkins, David

Hadfield, Mark

Hargreaves, Andy

Chapman, Christopher

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section One: The Changing Context of Leadership 1. The Changing Context of Leadership: Research, Theory and Practice 2. The Changing Learning Needs of Heads: Building and Sustaining Effectiveness Section Two: Leadership and School Improvement 3. Instructional Leadership and School Improvement 4. Teacher Leadership and School Improvement 5. Building Capacity for Leading and Learning Section Three: Building Leadership Capacity 6. Building Capacity versus Growing Schools 7. Capacity Building, School Improvement and School Leaders 8. Building the Leadership Capacity for School Improvement: A Case Study Section Four: Future Directions and Implications for Leadership and School Improvement 9. Successful Leadership in the 21st Century 10. Professional Learning Communities and Performance Training Cults: the Emerging Apartheid of School Improvement