School leadership and education system reform / edited by Peter Earley, Toby Greany.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Earley, Peter, editor.

Greany, Toby, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--Great Britain.

Educational leadership.

Great Britain.

School management and organization--Great Britain.

School management and organization.

School improvement programs--Great Britain.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

Summary:

"Critically considers education system reform and its relationship to school leadership and learning in the global context, including school autonomy and accountability in 'self-improving systems'"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 System reform and the changing educational landscape 15

1 Evidence-informed policy and practice / Kevan Collins Collins, Kevan, Robbie Coleman Coleman, Robbie 17

2 Schools as organizations or institutions: Defining core purposes / Ron Glatter Glatter, Ron 26

3 Regulation, governance of education and the oversight of autonomous schools / Dan Gibton Gibton, Dan 35

4 Accountability and improvement in self-improving school systems / Peter Matthews Matthews, Peter, Melanie Ehren Ehren, Melanie 44

5 Collaboration, partnerships and system leadership across schools / Toby Greany Greany, Toby 56

6 Leadership to transform outcomes in one deprived urban area Chris Brown / Chris Husbands Husbands, Chris, David Woods Woods, David 56

Part 2 School leadership in a changing landscape 77

7 What makes a great school in the twenty-first century? / David Woods Woods, David, Rachel Macfarlane Macfarlane, Rachel 79

8 Setting direction: Vision, values and culture / Max Coates Coates, Max 90

9 Conceptions of leadership and leading the learning / Peter Barley Barley, Peter 100

10 Leading curriculum innovation / Toby Greany Greany, Toby, Joanne Waterhouse Waterhouse, Joanne 111

11 Leading professional learning and development / Vivienne Porritt Porritt, Vivienne, Karen Spence-Thomas Spence-Thomas, Karen, Carol Taylor Taylor, Carol 121

12 Leading for innovation and evidence-informed improvement / Chris Brown Brown, Chris, Louise Stoll Stoll, Louise, David Godfrey Godfrey, David 131

13 Community collaboration and partnership in volatile times / Kathryn Riley Riley, Kathryn 139

14 Working with the community, parents and students / Trevor Male Male, Trevor, Ioanna Palaiologou Palaiologou, Ioanna 148

15 The role of school business leaders / Elizabeth Wood Wood, Elizabeth 158

Part 3 New challenges, opportunities and perspectives on leadership 171

16 Leadership for wellbeing / Domini Bingham Bingham, Domini, Sara Bubb Bubb, Sara 173

17 Toxic leadership / Ian Craig Craig, Ian 182

18 Leadership, technology and learning / Mark Quinn Quinn, Mark 191

19 School networks, peer accountability and the brokerage of knowledge and expertise / George Berwick Berwick, George, Sue John John, Sue 198

20 Diversity: New leaders and new leadership / Karen Edge Edge, Karen, Sergio Galdames Galdames, Sergio, Juliet Morton Morton, Juliet 211.

ISBN:

1474273955

9781474273954

OCLC:

946160880