This volume provides an overview of key contemporary themes in educational leadership. It focuses on developing professional capacity, organisation improvement and the implementation of change, looking at theoretical frameworks and concepts, recent research studies and case examples of effective practice.

The book covers:

leading learning and learner leadership
change processes and distributed leadership
leading professional development for educational contexts.

Designed to encourage critical analysis and debate, this volume will be a useful resource for postgraduate and professional development courses in educational leadership and for practitioners. It is a companion to Educational Leadership: Context, Strategy and Collaboration, also published by Sage.

Inhalt
Introduction - Margaret Preedy
PART ONE: LEADING LEARNERS AND LEARNER LEADERSHIP
Introduction - Pete Bradshaw
Leadership for Learning - Sue Swaffield and John MacBeath
Leadership and Student Learning: What Works and How - Kenneth Leithwood
Teacher Leadership and Organisational Development - Alma Harris
The Impact of Leadership on Student Outcomes: An Analysis of the Differential Effects of Leadership Types - Viviane M. J. Robinson, Claire A. Lloyd and Kenneth J. Rowe
Trust and Educational Leadership: Comparing the Development and Role of Trust between U S and Ugandan School Administrators - Pamela R. Hallam et al
Coming to Terms with Voice - Pat Thomson
Schools, Teachers and Curriculum Change: A Balancing Act? - Mark Priestley
PART TWO: WORKING AS A CHANGE AGENT
Introduction - Margaret Preedy
Educational Change: Implementation and Continuation - Michael Fullan
Teaching and the Change Wars: The Professionalism Hypothesis - Linda Darling-Hammond
School Leadership in an Age of Accountability: Tensions between Managerial and Professional Accountability - Jorunn Møller
Distributing Leadership to Improve Outcomes for Students - Helen S. Timperley
Change from the Middle? Exploring Middle Manager Strategic and Sense-Making Agency in Public Services - Raymond Caldwell
Managing Resources to Support Learning - Rosalind Levacic
PART THREE: LEADING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Introduction - Marion Cartwright
From Simplicism to Complexity in Leadership Identity and Preparation: Exploring the Lineage and Dark Secrets - Jacky Lumby and Fenwick English
Revisiting Informal and Incidental Learning as a Vehicle for Professional Learning and Development - Victoria J. Marsick, Karen E. Watkins, and Barbara Lovin
Leading Professional Learning Communities - Louise Stoll
Leadership Development - Tony Bush
Mentoring and Coaching Programmes for the Professional Development of School Leaders - Bruce G. Barnett and Gary R. OMahony
Myriad Professional Identities: The Challenge for Leading Professional Development in the Further Education Context? - Marion Cartwright
Conclusion - Margaret Preedy
Index