Leadership for change and school reform : international perspectives /

Other Authors: Riley, Kathryn A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge/Falmer, 2000.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=80021
Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables and figures; List of contributors; Preface; Introduction: relational leadership for change; Perspectives on leadership: leadership and change within schools; Four dilemmas, three heresies and a matrix; Learning through leadership, leadership through learning: leadership for sustained school improvement; The effects of different sources of leadership on student engagement in school; Leadership in the creation of world-class schools; Global and national perspectives on leadership.
  • The capacity of local systems to respond to educational reform and change and rethink their local leadership roleCaught between local education authorities: making a difference through their leadership?; Local leadership: policy implementation, local education authorities and schools; The leadership stage: new actors, new roles; Bringing teacher organisations back into the frame; The role of unions as leaders for school change: an analysis of the 'KEYS' programme in two US states; Cr.