Educational leadership : context, strategy and collaboration / [edited by] Margaret Preedy, Nigel Bennett and Christine Wise.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Preedy, Margaret.

Bennett, Nigel, 1949 June 20-

Wise, Christine

Open University.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

ix, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Milton Keynes, U.K. : Open University ; London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2012.

Summary:

Preedy, Bennett, and Wise (all education, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK) present a collection of 20 chapters exploring current thinking and debate on the role of educational leaders and the strategic challenges they face. Previously published between 2008 and 2011, the 20 book chapters and journal articles were chosen to stimulate critical reflection and discussion among researchers, practitioners, and students of educational leadership. Topics addressed include leadership theories and values; strategic leadership for managing multiple and ongoing changes; the interrelationships between the external environment and internal contextual factors, and their impact on educational leadership; the use of partnerships and collaboration to improve both the educational and life experiences of children and young people; and a look forward to key issues in educational leadership, via two chapters on distributed and systems leadership, and educational reform. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Part 1 Leadership theories and values 9

1 An overview of the leadership discourses / Simon Western Western, Simon 11

2 From successful school leadership towards distributed leadership / Lejf Moos Moos, Lejf 25

3 Leading with moral purpose: the place of ethics / Paul T. Begley Begley, Paul T. 38

4 Emotional intelligence, emotional labour and affective leadership / Sam Held Held, Sam, Judy McKimm McKimm, Judy 52

Part 2 Strategic leadership and managing change 65

5 Concepts of leadership in organizational change / Gill Robinson Hickman Hickman, Gill Robinson 67

6 The nature and dimensions of strategic leadership / Brent Davies Davies, Brent, Barbara J. Davies Davies, Barbara J. 83

7 The strategy lenses / Gerry Johnson Johnson, Gerry, Richard Whittington Whittington, Richard, Kevan Scholes Scholes, Kevan 96

8 The practice of leadership in the messy world of organizations / Jean-Louis Denis Denis, Jean-Louis, Ann Langley Langley, Ann, Linda Rouleau Rouleau, Linda 115

Part 3 Leadership in context 129

9 Reframing the role of organizations in policy implementation: resources for practice, in practice / James P. Spillane Spillane, James P., Louis M. Gomez Gomez, Louis M., Leigh Mesler Mesler, Leigh 131

10 Contextualizing leader dynamics: how public service leaders endeavour to build influence / Mike Wallace Wallace, Mike, Michael Tomlinson Tomlinson, Michael 145

11 Stories of compliance and subversion in a prescriptive policy environment / John MacBeath MacBeath, John 159

12 Evaluation, accountability, and performance measurement in national education systems: trends, methods, and issues / Katherine E. Ryan Ryan, Katherine E., Irwin Feller Feller, Irwin 173

13 'Blended leadership': employee perspectives on effective leadership in the UK Further Education sector / David Collinson Collinson, David, Margaret Collinson Collinson, Margaret 189

14 Leadership for diversity and inclusion / Jacky Lumby Lumby, Jacky 201

Part 4 Partnerships and collaboration 213

15 Reconfiguring urban leadership: taking a perspective on community / Kathryn A. Riley Riley, Kathryn A. 215

16 Networks as power bases for school improvement / Tessa A. Moore Moore, Tessa A., Michael P. Kelly Kelly, Michael P. 227

17 Inter-professional work and expertise: new roles at the boundaries of schools / Anne Edwards Edwards, Anne, Ingrid Lunt Lunt, Ingrid, Eleni Stamou Stamou, Eleni 240

18 Approaches to system leadership: lessons learned and policy pointers / Beatriz Pont Pont, Beatriz, David Hopkins Hopkins, David 253

Part 5 Looking to the future 267

19 Leadership, participation and power in the school system / Richard Hatcher Hatcher, Richard 269

20 The fourth way / Andy Hargreaves Hargreaves, Andy, Dennis Shirley Shirley, Dennis 283.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1446201643

9781446201633

1446201635

9781446201640

OCLC:

762983364

Publisher Number:

99946397045