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Successful school leadership : international perspectives /
"Successful School Leadership identifies the characteristics, behaviours and practices of successful and effective school leaders through the adoption of a systemic view of the quality of school organizations. Edited by Petros Pashiardis and Olof Johansson, chapters explore the similarities and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2016.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover page
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- INTRODUCTION What Is Successful and Effective School Leadership? Petros Pashiardis and Olof Johansson
- Introductory comments
- Successful school leaders and successful schools: a brief historical account
- Effective school leaders and effective schools: a brief historical account
- Context as the bridge between success and effectiveness
- Successful and effective schools: do they mean the same thing to different people?
- Discussion and concluding comments
- PART ONE Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership
- 1 African Perspectives Jan Heystek Jan Heystek
- Introduction
- Historical perspective on South African educational context
- Principals' leadership development in South Africa
- Leadership development issues addressed in research not directly linked to the ACE programme in South Africa
- Current approaches to successful and effective school leadership development
- Conclusion
- 2 South Asian Perspectives Tai Hoi Theodore Lee, Allan David Walker and Philip Hallinger
- Education reform
- Influence of culture and tradition
- Common trends around the principalship in Southeast Asia
- Challenges for the principalship in Southeast Asia
- Looking forward
- 3 Australian and Pacific Perspectives Simon Clarke and Helen Wildy
- Introduction
- The importance of developing successful school leaders
- Our approach to investigating the realities of school leadership
- A conceptual framework for engaging with school leaders' work
- The use of the conceptual framework for developing successful school leaders
- Final thoughts
- 4 North American Perspectives Elizabeth T. Murakami and Wowek S. Kearney
- Introduction
- A brief overview of principals and guidelines for their preparation in the USA.
- Principal preparation programmes
- Recognized university programmes
- The search for the effective preparation of principals
- Towards global discussions of leadership effectiveness and sustainability
- 5 South American Perspectives Candido Alberto Gomes, Alexandre Ventura and Magali de Fátima Evangelista Machado
- The recent history of education in South America
- The reform agenda: decentralization, funding diversification and education evaluation
- Successful schools: convergence on school leadership
- Theoretical perspectives on school management
- School leadership in South America
- Converging and diverging themes
- 6 Caribbean Perspectives Paul Miller
- Introduction
- School leadership research in the Caribbean
- Conceptual framework
- Literature review
- Methodology
- Findings
- Discussion
- Conclusions
- 7 European Perspectives Helene Ärlestig
- Successful and effective schools: various interpretations based on history, politics and local context
- Changed expectations and norms of successful school leaders
- International cooperation and studies related to successful schools
- The future for school leadership research in Europe
- PART TWO Practising Successful and Effective School Leadership
- 8 African Perspectives Raj Mestry
- Introduction and background to the problem
- Understanding the concepts 'successful leadership' and 'effective leadership'
- Research methodology
- Findings
- Conclusion
- 9 South Asian Perspectives Elson Szeto, Yan Ni Annie Cheng and Allan David Walker
- Exploration of principal leadership practices in underprivileged schools
- Part I
- Part II
- Characteristics of principal leadership practices in the two schools
- Conclusion
- 10 Australian and Pacific Perspectives David Gurr and Lawrie Drysdale
- Introduction
- Evidence from the ISSPP: Australia.
- Evidence from the ISSPP: New Zealand
- Leaders other than the principal
- Reflection
- 11 North American Perspectives Stephen L. Jacobson
- Introduction and overview
- Research on school eff ectiveness and improvement
- Leadership as a collective construct
- Core leadership practices for school success and the ISSPP
- Sustained success: trust and leadership stability
- Concluding thoughts
- 12 Caribbean Perspectives Disraeli M. Hutton
- Introduction
- Approach to the chapter
- Research questions
- What are the characteristics of successful and effective leadership and what is the relationship between both?
- Defining the effective leadership
- What is the state of students' academic performance and how are their support systems and learning practices being strengthened in the school system?
- What are some of the practices and strategic interventions being implemented by schools and regional governments to realize successful and effective school leadership?
- Conclusion
- 13 European Perspectives Stefan Brauckmann and Petros Pashiardis
- The policy making and shaping of high quality leadership in school systems across Europe
- expectation setting
- Shaping school quality
- the role of school leaders
- High quality leadership across Europe in an era of output oriented governance
- why should it work?
- High quality leadership across different school contexts in Europe
- how could it work?
- PART THREE The Impact of Successful and Effective School Leadership
- 14 Understanding the Impact of Successful and Effective School Leadership as Practised Petros Pashiardis, Georgia Pashiardi and Olof Johansson
- Introduction
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the African context
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the South Asian context.
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the Australian/Pacific context
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the Caribbean context
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the European context
- The impact of successful and effective school eadership within the North American context
- The impact of successful and effective school leadership within the South American context
- Understanding the impact of successful and effective school leadership: concluding remarks and reflection
- Notes
- References
- Index.