Leaders and Leadership in Education.
Title:
Leaders and Leadership in Education.
Author:
Gunter, Helen.
ISBN:
9781412932295
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (194 pages)
Contents:
Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Challenging leadership -- 2 Leadership and the performing school -- 3 Leadership in educational studies -- 4 Research and researching -- 5 Theory and theorising -- 6 Preparing and preparation -- 7 Headteachers and principals -- 8 Teachers in the middle -- 9 Teachers and students -- 10 Teachers as professionals -- Bibliography -- Author index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
Leadership within educational settings is widely regarded as essential for organizational effectiveness and the improvement of learning outcomes. Through an extensive review of theory and practice, Helen Gunter explores the contested field of leadership studies. She describes and critiques the different contributions made by · education management · school effectiveness · school improvement · critical studies. Leadership is examined as function, as behaviour and as leadership relationship, from students as leaders, through to headteachers. The author provides an up-to-date review of current thinking about leadership, which challenges the reader to engage wit.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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