Distributed Leadership: Different Perspectives

Description

This book argues that the educational environment in many countries has shifted so dramatically and so permanently that we urgently need to re-consider what we understand by educational leadership and educational leadership practice. It focuses on distributed leadership and draws on the emerging evidence about the possibilities and shortcomings of this form of leadership and draws upon the latest empirical findings from studies in different countries that have focused on the relationship between distributed forms of leadership and organizational change. The main aim is to offer contemporary, comparative and challenging accounts of distributed leadership practice. Distributed Leadership – Different Perspectives outlines current understandings, findings and limitations of the concept of distributed leadership. It brings together different international perspectives on distributed leadership as well as looking at distributed leadership through three major lenses – the empirical, the interpretive and the critical. Leading writers in the field offer contemporary analysis and reflection on the theme and also consider the future issues, challenges and directions for distributed leadership. Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-10 Distributed Leadership: What We Know....Pages 11-21 Front Matter....Pages 23-23 Investigating Connections Between Distributed Leadership and Instructional Change....Pages 25-45 Taking a Distributed Perspective in Studying School Leadership and Management: The Challenge of Study Operations....Pages 47-80 The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Teachers’ Academic Optimism....Pages 81-100 Distributed Leadership in Schools: Does System Policy Make a Difference?....Pages 101-117 Front Matter....Pages 119-119 Capacity Building Through Layered Leadership: Sustaining the Turnaround....Pages 121-137 The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Action Learning in Schools: A Case Study....Pages 139-154 Front Matter....Pages 155-155 The Role of Sensemaking and Trust in Developing Distributed Leadership....Pages 157-180 Distributed Leadership: Democracy or Delivery?....Pages 181-193 Front Matter....Pages 195-195 From Distributed to Hybrid Leadership Practice....Pages 197-217 Fit for Purpose: An Educationally Relevant Account of Distributed Leadership....Pages 219-240 Coda....Pages 241-243