Nigel D Bennett & Lesley Anderson 
Rethinking Educational Leadership [EPUB ebook] 
Challenging the Conventions

The charismatic transformational leader, who creates a ′vision′ for the future of their organization and persuades others to follow their path towards it, is now the dominant viewpoint that underpins government policies towards leadership development in the English-speaking world.

This book offers a much-needed corrective to this orthodoxy by focusing on current research and thinking about ′leadership′ rather than ′leaders. A wide range of prominent international contributors present a rare self critical look at their own assertions and test alternative leadership models against recent research projects. They also demonstrate how their analysis is relevant to all countries where leadership is an issue.

Major features include:

] alternative theories to understanding

the nature of leadership

] how leadership could be analyzed

] re-analysis of recent research carried out by contributors in the light of one or more of the alternative theories examined

] implications of the alternative perspectives for leadership training

This book is recommended to all staff and students involved in educational leadership, management or administration programmes.

Tabela de Conteúdo

Introduction – Nigel Bennett and Lesley Anderson

Rethinking Educational Leadership – Challenging the Conventions

PART ONE: LAYING OUT THE PERSPECTIVES

Leadership in the (Post)Modern Era – J Tim Goddard

Embracing Uncertainty – Rodney T Ogawa

Organizing and Leading to Enhance the Knowledgeability and Capability of Teachers

Leadership, Learning and Negotiation in a Social Psychology of Organizing – Ian E Morley and Dian-Marie Hosking

Distributing and Intensifying School Leadership – Peter Gronn

PART TWO: THE PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE

Challenging Circumstances – Megan Crawford

The Role of Distributed and Intensified Leadership

From Singular to Plural? Challenging the Orthodoxy of School Leadership – Alma Harris and Chris Day

Developing Alternative Conceptions of Leadership and Organizations through Restructuring – Lynne M Hannay

Collaboration in Communities of Practice – Jane Mc Gregor

Leaders of Subject Communities – Christine Wise

Understanding Curriculum Leadership in the Secondary School – John O′Neill

PART THREE: THE PERSPECTIVES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Assessing the Impact on Practice of Professional Development Activities – Nigel Bennett

Preparing for Leadership in Education – Peter Ribbins

In Search of Wisdom

PART FOUR: REVIEW AND OVERVIEW

Comparing and Contrasting the Perspectives – Helen Gunter

Mapping the Field of Educational Leadership

Sobre o autor

Dr Lesley Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the UK’s The Open University (OU). Her current responsibilities include chairing the only compulsory module in the Masters in Education programme, supervising and examining doctoral students and leading the educational leadership and management academic area within the Doctorate in Education (Ed D) programme.  Additionally, Lesley is involved in various research activities.  In addition to the Del PHE project, current projects include the relationship between leadership and social inclusion and access to and other issues connected with higher level study by prisoners