International handbook of leadership for learning

The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning" brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. This handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects;...

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Other Authors: Townsend, Tony., MacBeath, John E. C., Barwani, Thuwayba Al,, SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: New York : Springer, 2011.
New York : 2011.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xv, 1344 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Series: Springer international handbooks of education ; v. 25.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Major themes in leadership for learning : an international perspective
  • pt. 2. Theoretical and contextual frameworks for leadership for learning
  • pt. 3. System and policy issues on leadership for learning
  • pt. 4. Educating school leaders for leadership for learning
  • pt. 5. Implementing leadership for learning : the role of the school leader
  • pt. 6. Changing hearts and minds : building leadership for learning in current school leaders
  • pt. 7. Spreading the task : including others in leadership for learning
  • pt. 8. From people learning to organisational learning : building capacity
  • pt. 9. Responding to diversity : different ways of moving towards leadershiop for learning
  • pt. 10. Afterword : what have we learned?