Rethinking educational leadership : challenging the conventions / edited by Nigel Bennett and Lesley Anderson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bennett, Nigel.

Anderson, Lesley, 1951-

British Educational Management and Administration Society.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

x, 206 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2003.

Contents:

Introduction: Rethinking Educational Leadership

Challenging the Conventions / Nigel Bennett, Lesley Anderson 1

Section 1 Laying Out the Perspectives 9

1 Leadership in the (Post)Modern Era / J. Tim Goddard 11

2 Embracing Uncertainty: Organizing and Leading to Enhance the Knowledgeability and Capability of Teachers / Rodney T. Ogawa 27

3 Leadership, Learning and Negotiation in a Social Psychology of Organizing / Ian E. Morley, Dian-Marie Hosking 43

4 Distributing and Intensifying School Leadership / Peter Gronn 60

Section 2 The Perspectives in Practice 75

5 Challenging Circumstances: The Role of Distributed and Intensified Leadership / Megan Crawford 77

6 From Singular to Plural? Challenging the Orthodoxy of School Leadership / Alma Harris, Christopher Day 89

7 Developing Alternative Conceptions of Leadership and Organizations through Restructuring / Lynne M. Hannay 100

8 Collaboration in Communities of Practice / Jane McGregor 113

9 Leaders of Subject Communities / Christine Wise 131

10 Understanding Curriculum Leadership in the Secondary School / John O'Neill 143

Section 3 The Perspectives and Professional Development 157

11 Assessing the Impact on Practice of Professional Development Activities / Nigel Bennett 159

12 Preparing for Leadership in Education: In Search of Wisdom / Peter Ribbins 171

13 Comparing and Contrasting the Perspectives: Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership / Helen Gunter 187.

Notes:

"Published in association with the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society"--P. [ii].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761949240

0761949259

OCLC:

51193652