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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816128203321

Titolo

Leadership in education / / edited by Mark Brundrett, Neil Burton and Robert Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage, 2003

ISBN

0-7619-4048-0

1-280-36853-5

9786610368532

1-4129-3150-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xx, 202 p.)

Collana

Educational management, research and practice

Altri autori (Persone)

BrundrettMark

BurtonNeil <1960->

SmithRobert

Disciplina

371.2011

Soggetti

Educational leadership - Great Britain

Leadership - Great Britain

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; Figure and Tables; Series Editor's Foreword; Preface; Notes on Contributors; Abbreviations; Section A: Conceptualising Leadership; Chapter 1 - Leadership in learning-centred schools: Cultural context, functions and qualities; Chapter 2 - Leadership's place in a community of practice; Chapter 3 - Gender in educational leadership; Section B: Developing Leaders, Developing Leadership; Chapter 4 - Biography and the study of school leader careers: Towards a humanistic approach; Chapter 5 - Models of leadership development: Learning from international experience and research

Chapter 6 - The national college for school leadership: Its role in developing leadersSection C: Teachers as Leaders; Chapter 7 - Teaching leadership: Its nature, development, and impact on schools and students; Chapter 8 - Teacher leadership: rospects and possibilities; Chapter 9 - Effective leadership for war and peace; Section D: Perspectives on Leadership in Practice; Chapter 10 - Leading high-performing schools; Chapter 11 - Leadership in further education; Chapter 12 - Leadership in UK higher education; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Dealing with leadership in all sectors from primary to higher education, this book presents an international perspective on the analysis of leadership theory and practice, with the integration of exemplars from different cultural settings.