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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808192903321

Autore

Woods Philip A. <1950->

Titolo

Democratic leadership in education / / Philip A. Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Paul Chapman, 2005

ISBN

1-4129-0290-8

1-281-25178-X

9786611251789

1-84787-166-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiv, 167 p.) : ill

Collana

Leading teachers, leading schools

Disciplina

371.2011

Soggetti

Educational 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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Meanings of democratic leadership; 2 A developmental conception of democratic practice; 3 Models of leadership; 4 Why democratic leadership?; 5 An open approach to knowledge; 6 Links to learning; 7 Obstacles and challenges; 8 Free space and firm framing; 9 Capabilities and skills for democratic leadership; 10 Complexities and demands of practice; 11 Dualities of democratic leadership; Bibliography; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Focusing on the idea of democratic leadership, Philip Wood asks what forms it can take, shows how it is relevant to school education and learning, demonstrates how to put it into practice and sets out some of the challenges.