Christine Wise & Marion Cartwright 
Leading Professional Practice in Education [EPUB ebook] 

This volume provides an overview of key contemporary themes in educational leadership. It focuses on developing professional capacity, organisation improvement and the implementation of change, looking at theoretical frameworks and concepts, recent research studies and case examples of effective practice.

The book covers:

– leading learning and learner leadership

– change processes and distributed leadership

– leading professional development for educational contexts.

Designed to encourage critical analysis and debate, this volume will be a useful resource for postgraduate and professional development courses in educational leadership and for practitioners. It is a companion to Educational Leadership: Context, Strategy and Collaboration , also published by Sage.

Mục lục

Introduction – Margaret Preedy

PART ONE: LEADING LEARNERS AND LEARNER LEADERSHIP

Introduction – Pete Bradshaw

Leadership for Learning – Sue Swaffield and John Mac Beath

Leadership and Student Learning: What Works and How – Kenneth Leithwood

Teacher Leadership and Organisational Development – Alma Harris

The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Leadership Types – Viviane M. J. Robinson, Claire A. Lloyd and Kenneth J. Rowe

Trust and Educational Leadership: Comparing the Development and Role of Trust between U S and Ugandan School Administrators – Pamela R. Hallam et al

Coming to Terms with ′Voice′ – Pat Thomson

Schools, Teachers and Curriculum Change: A Balancing Act? – Mark Priestley

PART TWO: WORKING AS A CHANGE AGENT

Introduction – Margaret Preedy

Educational Change: Implementation and Continuation – Michael Fullan

Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis – Linda Darling-Hammond

School Leadership in an Age of Accountability: Tensions between Managerial and Professional Accountability – Jorunn Møller

Distributing Leadership to Improve Outcomes for Students – Helen S. Timperley

Change from the Middle? Exploring Middle Manager Strategic and Sense-Making Agency in Public Services – Raymond Caldwell

Managing Resources to Support Learning – Rosalind Levacic

PART THREE: LEADING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction – Marion Cartwright

From Simplicism to Complexity in Leadership Identity and Preparation: Exploring the Lineage and Dark Secrets – Jacky Lumby and Fenwick English

Revisiting Informal and Incidental Learning as a Vehicle for Professional Learning and Development – Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins, and Barbara Lovin

Leading Professional Learning Communities – Louise Stoll

Leadership Development – Tony Bush

Mentoring and Coaching Programmes for the Professional Development of School Leaders – Bruce G. Barnett and Gary R. O′Mahony

Myriad Professional Identities: The Challenge for Leading Professional Development in the Further Education Context? – Marion Cartwright

Conclusion – Margaret Preedy

Index