The Nature of School Leadership: Global Practice Perspectives

Description

This book explores school leadership through a cross-cultural comparative lens, drawing on data from 16 countries located on five continents. The book gives a voice to both primary and secondary school principals, who discuss the nature of their work and explain their understanding of school leadership, strategies used to support their leadership, and how they 'do leadership' in a time of unprecedented change. The book highlights a number of important elements in school leadership: that it is personal and internally-motivated; change oriented and entrepreneurial; dependent on the qualities and motivations of school teachers; dependent on environmental factors related to economy, geography, political stability; heavily influenced by policies within and outside the field of education; and dependent on partnerships within and outside education. The book provides an authoritative cross-cultural account of what school leaders regard as school leadership. It will be essential reading for students, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of educational leadership and management, in particular those with an interest in comparative and international research, school leadership, and education policy. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv The Global Imperative of Quality School Leadership (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 1-18 School Leadership Is Personal and Internally Motivated (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 19-38 School Leadership Is Policy Driven and Mediated (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 39-58 School Leadership Is Change Oriented (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 59-77 School Leadership Is Teacher Dependent (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 79-96 School Leadership Is Enterprising and Entrepreneurial (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 97-119 School Leadership Is Context Dependent (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 121-142 School Leadership Is Partnership Dependent (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 143-163 The Nature of School Leadership (Paul W. Miller)....Pages 165-185 Back Matter ....Pages 187-211