Rethinking educational leadership [[electronic resource] ] : from improvement to transformation / / John West-Burnham

• Autore: West-Burnham John <1946->
• Pubblicazione: [London] ; ; New York, : Network Continuum, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (153 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2
• Soggetto topico: School management and organization; Educational leadership
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-139) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Rethinking educational leadership
• ISBN: 1-4411-7271-8; 1-282-87591-4; 9786612875915; 1-4411-7427-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785371903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II