Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning in Schools

Understanding Theories of Leading

AvTony Townsend

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

Del i serien Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education

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Beskrivning

This book offers a nuanced understanding of how two different theories of leadership can be applied to achieve better results within schools. These leadership theories – Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning – have assisted our recent understanding of school leadership.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-10-09
Mått:148 x 210 x 30 mm
Vikt:708 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies on Leadership and Learning in Teacher Education
Antal sidor:432
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030237356

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Tony Townsend is Professor of Educational Leadership at Griffith University, Australia. His research interests include leadership, school effectiveness, school improvement, and teacher education, and he has published widely on these topics.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1. Changing Understandings of School Leadership; Tony Townsend.- PART I. Theoretical Approaches to Leading Schools.- Chapter 2. Instructional Leadership; David Ng Foo Seong.- Chapter 3. Leadership for Learning; John MacBeath.- PART II. International Responses to the Theory.- Chapter 4. Australian Considerations in Relation to Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning; David Gurr.- Chapter 5. Leadership for Learning in the US; David Imig, South Holden and Dale Placek.- Chapter 6. Leading Learning in Schools in Challenging Times: Findings from Research in Portugal; Maria Assunção Flores Fernandes and Fernando Ilídio Ferreira.- PART III. Responding to the Theory.- Chapter 7. Future-Ready Leadership Development; David Ng Foo Seong.- Chapter 8. Professional Autonomy and the Future of Leadership for Learning in Australia; Brian J. Caldwell.- Chapter 9. Leaders of Learning: Recovering the Pedagogical Role of School Leaders and Promoting Leadership at All Levels in Scotland; Margery McMahon.- Chapter 10. Instructional Leadership Development for Principals: A South African Context; Parvathy Naidoo and Raj Mestry.- PART IV. Practising School Leadership: Putting the Theories into Practice.- Chapter 11. Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL): Leading Learning by Improving Instructional Practices in Australia.- Chapter 12. Promoting Teacher Collaborative Learning in Lesson Study: Exploring and Interpreting Leadership to Create Professional Learning Community; Toshiya Chichibu, Tetsuro Uchizaki, Yumiko Ono.- Chapter 13. Creating and Leading Powerful Learning Relationships Through a Whole School Community Approach; George Otero.- Chapter 14. The Power of Collective Leadership for Learning; Suzanne Cridge.- Chapter 15. Leading Place-Based Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Low Socio-economic Settings; Christopher Chapman, Alison Drever, Maureen McBridge, Craig Orr and Sarah Weakley.- PART V. Summary and Conclusions: What Do We Now Know About School Leadership?.- Chapter 16. Leadership for Learning: Embracing Purpose, People, Pedagogy and Place; Neil Dempster.