International Handbook of Leadership for Learning / edited by Tony Townsend, John MacBeath.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Townsend, Tony.

MacBeath, John E. C.

Al-Barwani, Thuwayba.

Series:

Springer International Handbooks of Education, 2197-196X ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International education.

Comparative education.

School management and organization.

Learning, Psychology of.

Education and state.

International and Comparative Education.

Organization and Leadership.

Instructional Psychology.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Local Subjects:

International and Comparative Education.

Organization and Leadership.

Instructional Psychology.

Educational Policy and Politics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1310 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2011.

Place of Publication:

Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. The handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects; system and policy approaches that promote leadership for learning with a focus on educating school leaders for learning and the role of the leader in supporting learning. It also considers the challenge of educating current leaders for this new perspective, and how leaders themselves can develop leadership for learning in others and in their organisations, especially in diverse contexts and situations. The final chapter considers what we now know about leadership for learning and looks at ways this might be further improved in the future. The book provides the reader with an understanding of the rich contextual nature of learning in schools and the role of school leaders and leadership development in promoting this. It concludes that the preposition ‘for’ between the two readily known and understood terms of ‘leadership’ and ‘learning’ changes everything as it foregrounds learning and complexifies, rather than simplifies, what that word may mean. Whereas common terms such as ‘instructional leadership’ reduce learning to ‘outcomes’, leadership for learning embraces a much wider, developmental view of learning.

Contents:

PART ONE

Preface

SECTION 1: MAJOR THEMES IN LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

SECTION 2: THEORETICAL AND CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORKS FOR LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

SECTION 3: SYSTEM AND POLICY ISSUES ON LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

SECTION 4: EDUCATING SCHOOL LEADERS FOR LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTING LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING: THE ROLE OF THE SCHOOL LEADER

SECTION 6: CHANGING HEARTS AND MINDS: BUILDING LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING IN CURRENT SCHOOL LEADERS

PART TWO

SECTION 7: SPREADING THE TASK: INCLUDING OTHERS IN LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

SECTION 8: FROM PEOPLE LEARNING TO ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING: BUILDING CAPACITY

SECTION 9: RESPONDING TO DIVERSITY: DIFFERENT WAYS OF MOVING TOWARDS LEADERSHIP FOR LEARNING

AFTERWORD

Author Index

Subject Index.

Notes:

"Printed in 2 parts."--t.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789400713505

9400713509

OCLC:

747413732