Narratives of Educational Leadership

Denise Mifsud is an Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Management and Governance in the Department of Education at the University of Bath. Her research interests include, educational policy analysis, generation, reception and enactment; critical leadership theories, with a particular interest in educational leadership, especially distributed forms; school networks and educational reform; initial teacher education; power relations; Foucauldian theory; Actor-Network theory, as well as qualitative research methods, with a particular focus on narrative, as well as creative and unconventional modes of data representation.

• 1 Introduction - Educational leadership research and creative analytic practices: A critical mapping of theoretical and methodological terrains.- 2 Educaational leadership, critique and the critical researcher.- 3 Scripting multi-academisation: Capturing contestation in educational leaders' accounts.- 4 (Mis)Leading for social (in)justice and (in)equity... (Un)following a script?.- 5  Transformative encounters: The transformative learning experience of a leader.- 6 Inclusive educational leadership for social justice and the common good.- 7 Potential theoretical approaches to support the critical exploration of 'The Problem(s)' of preparing, recruiting and retaining headteachers in Scotland.- 8 Exploring the impact of organisational governmentality on leadership episodes through narrative inquiry.- 9 The views of the few or the voices of many: Methods of exploring leadership roles through alternative approaches within higher education.- 10 Affective hauntology: What stuffed animalsand the affects they invoke may teach us about current political attempts to make girls and young women aspire to careers in STEM-fields.- 11 Conclusion: A critical commentary on the theory and methodology of educational leadership narratives.