Allan Walker is Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, Dean of Faculty of Education and Human Development and Director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at The Education University of Hong Kong. Allan is also a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leadership and co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration.Qian Haiyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her main area of interest has been around school leadership in China; and the influence of the social and cultural context on schooling across Chinese societies.

"An important book that fills an enormous void in the knowledge base on leadership of China’s schools. It will also provoke re-examinations of some deeply-held, taken-for-granted assumptions about good leadership practice in Western schools." – Clive Dimmock, Chair in Professional Learning and Leadership, University of Glasgow"Professor Allan Walker is undoubtedly a world leading scholar on cross-cultural comparative educational leadership and leadership across Chinese societies.The book is the first of its kind to present more nuanced, accurate and dynamic illustrations of Chinese school leadership, and unravel the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context and practices of school leaders in China. The book captures the essential challenges facing school leaders in contemporary China, and expands research- and practice-informed knowledge about school leadership in non-western contexts." - Ting Wang, Professor in Education, University of Canberra

• List of tablesList of figuresPrefaceChapter 1. Leadership in China: Traditional expectations and cultural underpinningsSection 1. ConceptualisationChapter 2. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of non-empirical Chinese literatureChapter 3. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of empirical Chinese literatureChapter 4. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of English literatureSection 2. ContextChapter 5. The quest for quality: Education reforms since 1985Chapter 6. The quest for equity: The education of migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 7. Reform disconnection in ChinaChapter 8. Principal development policy in China (1989–2016)Section 3. ComplexitiesChapter 9. Implementing curriculum reform: Leading teacher learningChapter 10. Leading with empathyChapter 11. Building and leading a learning cultureChapter 12. Leading as state agents: Narratives of Shanghai principalsChapter 13. Leading schools with migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 14. Leadership for learning in Chinese schoolsChapter 15. Deciphering school leadership in China: Emerging propositions and future directions

Allan Walker is Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, Dean of Faculty of Education and Human Development and Director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at The Education University of Hong Kong. Allan is also a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leadership and co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration.Qian Haiyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her main area of interest has been around school leadership in China; and the influence of the social and cultural context on schooling across Chinese societies.

"An important book that fills an enormous void in the knowledge base on leadership of China’s schools. It will also provoke re-examinations of some deeply-held, taken-for-granted assumptions about good leadership practice in Western schools." – Clive Dimmock, Chair in Professional Learning and Leadership, University of Glasgow"Professor Allan Walker is undoubtedly a world leading scholar on cross-cultural comparative educational leadership and leadership across Chinese societies.The book is the first of its kind to present more nuanced, accurate and dynamic illustrations of Chinese school leadership, and unravel the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context and practices of school leaders in China. The book captures the essential challenges facing school leaders in contemporary China, and expands research- and practice-informed knowledge about school leadership in non-western contexts." - Ting Wang, Professor in Education, University of Canberra

• List of tablesList of figuresPrefaceChapter 1. Leadership in China: Traditional expectations and cultural underpinningsSection 1. ConceptualisationChapter 2. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of non-empirical Chinese literatureChapter 3. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of empirical Chinese literatureChapter 4. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of English literatureSection 2. ContextChapter 5. The quest for quality: Education reforms since 1985Chapter 6. The quest for equity: The education of migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 7. Reform disconnection in ChinaChapter 8. Principal development policy in China (1989–2016)Section 3. ComplexitiesChapter 9. Implementing curriculum reform: Leading teacher learningChapter 10. Leading with empathyChapter 11. Building and leading a learning cultureChapter 12. Leading as state agents: Narratives of Shanghai principalsChapter 13. Leading schools with migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 14. Leadership for learning in Chinese schoolsChapter 15. Deciphering school leadership in China: Emerging propositions and future directions

Allan Walker is Joseph Lau Chair Professor of International Educational Leadership, Dean of Faculty of Education and Human Development and Director of The Joseph Lau Luen Hung Charitable Trust Asia Pacific Centre for Leadership and Change at The Education University of Hong Kong. Allan is also a Fellow of the Australian Council for Educational Leadership and co-editor of the Journal of Educational Administration.Qian Haiyan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy and Leadership, The Education University of Hong Kong. Her main area of interest has been around school leadership in China; and the influence of the social and cultural context on schooling across Chinese societies.

"An important book that fills an enormous void in the knowledge base on leadership of China’s schools. It will also provoke re-examinations of some deeply-held, taken-for-granted assumptions about good leadership practice in Western schools." – Clive Dimmock, Chair in Professional Learning and Leadership, University of Glasgow"Professor Allan Walker is undoubtedly a world leading scholar on cross-cultural comparative educational leadership and leadership across Chinese societies.The book is the first of its kind to present more nuanced, accurate and dynamic illustrations of Chinese school leadership, and unravel the complexities that characterize the scholarship, context and practices of school leaders in China. The book captures the essential challenges facing school leaders in contemporary China, and expands research- and practice-informed knowledge about school leadership in non-western contexts." - Ting Wang, Professor in Education, University of Canberra

• List of tablesList of figuresPrefaceChapter 1. Leadership in China: Traditional expectations and cultural underpinningsSection 1. ConceptualisationChapter 2. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of non-empirical Chinese literatureChapter 3. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of empirical Chinese literatureChapter 4. School leadership in China 1998-2016: A review of English literatureSection 2. ContextChapter 5. The quest for quality: Education reforms since 1985Chapter 6. The quest for equity: The education of migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 7. Reform disconnection in ChinaChapter 8. Principal development policy in China (1989–2016)Section 3. ComplexitiesChapter 9. Implementing curriculum reform: Leading teacher learningChapter 10. Leading with empathyChapter 11. Building and leading a learning cultureChapter 12. Leading as state agents: Narratives of Shanghai principalsChapter 13. Leading schools with migrant children in ShanghaiChapter 14. Leadership for learning in Chinese schoolsChapter 15. Deciphering school leadership in China: Emerging propositions and future directions