02754nam 2200589 a 450 991078537190332120230721013604.01-4411-7271-81-282-87591-497866128759151-4411-7427-3(CKB)2670000000055312(EBL)602012(OCoLC)682540892(SSID)ssj0000472759(PQKBManifestationID)11299799(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472759(PQKBWorkID)10435572(PQKB)10260282(MiAaPQ)EBC602012(Au-PeEL)EBL602012(CaPaEBR)ebr10427269(CaONFJC)MIL287591(MiAaPQ)EBC6160549(EXLCZ)99267000000005531220081114d2009 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRethinking educational leadership[electronic resource] from improvement to transformation /John West-Burnham[London] ;New York Network Continuumc20091 online resource (153 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85539-658-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.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; IndexJohn 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 pSchool management and organizationEducational leadershipSchool management and organization.Educational leadership.371.2West-Burnham John1946-1477697MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785371903321Rethinking educational leadership3736029UNINA