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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808079403321

Autore

Bottery Mike

Titolo

The challenges of educational leadership : values in a globalized age / / Mike Bottery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Paul Chapman, 2004

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Paul Chapman, , 2004

ISBN

1-4129-0081-6

1-280-37100-5

9786610371006

1-4129-3145-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 228 p.)

Collana

Leading teachers, leading schools

Disciplina

371.2'011

Soggetti

Educational leadership

Leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-224) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 - The book's intentions; Chapter 2 - Shifting frames of reference: the need for ecological leadership; Chapter 3 - The global challenge; Chapter 4 - The impact of commodification and fragmentation; Chapter 5 - The impact of standardization and control; Chapter 6 - The impact on trust; Chapter 7 - The impact on truth and meaning; Chapter 8 - The impact on identity; Chapter 9 - Learning communities in a world of control and fragmentation; Chapter 10 - Professionals at the crossroads

Chapter 11 - Models of educational leadershipBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The author presents critical issues about the purposes of educational leadership. He examines how 'official' concepts of leadership are driven by demands which are not always to the educational, political, or social benefit of practitioners.