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Autore |
West-Burnham John <1946-> |
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Titolo |
Rethinking educational leadership [[electronic resource] ] : from improvement to transformation / / John West-Burnham |
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[London] ; ; New York, : Network Continuum, c2009 |
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ISBN |
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1-4411-7271-8 |
1-282-87591-4 |
9786612875915 |
1-4411-7427-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (153 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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School management and organization |
Educational leadership |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1 Leadership for transformation; 2 Leadership and creativity; 3 Leadership and democracy; 4 Moral leadership; 5 Interpersonal leadership; 6 Leadership and spirituality; 7 The leader as intellectual; 8 Leading learning communities; 9 Leadership development and personal effectiveness; 10 Strategies to support transformation; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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John West-Burnham offers a radical critique of prevailing models of leadership in education, particularly models of school leadership, notably the British view of headship. For almost a generation, school leadership has been focused on the concept of improvement, within a policy context of improvement and a prevailing culture rooted in incremental adjustment rather than a fundamental reappraisal. Transformation is a particularly evocative concept; it is one of those words that it is almost impossible to raise objections to. However, as is so often the case with such words, its power is often p |
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