Policy, Leadership and Professional Knowledge in Education

Michael Strain, University of Ulster, Janet Ouston, Institute of Education, University of London ands Valerie Hall, University of Bristol

`For those who want to wallow in the past - this is a comfortable book that sets one′s own experiences in context. For those who will still be working into the next century, here are the issues we must face as leaders. For those PhD and EdD students seeking topics to research, there are all the controversial issues here that still need investigation and it has a stunning list of references - a roll call of all the great and the good in the last 25 years of educational administration′ - International Studies in Educational Administration

• Preface - Tim SimkinsRecords of Achievement - Michael StrainA Critical and Historical ReviewPART ONE: TEACHERSTeachers in Organizations - Janet OustonDevolution and Teachers′ Work - John SmythThe Underside of a Complex PhenomenonMicropolitics of Educational Organizations - Eric HoyleLeadership for a New Century - Narottam Bhindi and Patrick DuignanAuthenticity, Intentionality, Spirituality and SensibilityThe Characterisation and Development of Professional Expertise in Education Management and in Teaching - Michael ErautPART TWO: THEORYEducational Managers′ Knowledge - Michael StrainThe Quest for Useful TheoryResearch in Educational Administration in Britain - George BaronRe-forming and Re-valuing Educational Administration - Thomas GreenfieldWhence and When Cometh the Phoenix?Justifying Educational Administration - Colin Evers and Gabriele LakomskiThe Salvation of Educational Administration - Peter Gronn and Peter RibbinsBetter Science or Alternatives to Science?Towards the Learning Society - Stewart RansonPART THREE: POLICYEducation Policy (1972-97) - Bill DennisonThe Emergence of the `Independent′ SchoolGoverning Schools - Alan Barnes and Stephen HumbleHas the Taylor Report Got the Balance Right?Education - Going National? - Dudley FiskePrivatization - Richard PringSchool Autonomy - Brent Davies and Guilbert HentschkeMyth or Reality - Developing an Analytical TaxonomyThe Equity Consequences of Educational Reform - Tim SimkinsPART FOUR: LEADERSHIPChallenges and Dilemmas - Valerie HallA Journey through Twenty-Five Years of Leader-WatchingResearch Report - Meredydd HughesThe Professional-as-Administrator: The Case of the Secondary School HeadManaging the Secondary School in the 1990s - Peter Ribbins and Brian SherrattA New View of HeadshipFrom Transactions to Transformations - Peter GronnA New World Order in the Study of Leadership?Context and Capability in Educational Management - Ron Glatter