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School Leadership in Diverse Contexts

Understanding Leadership Practices in Varied Educational Settings

Simon Clarke editor Tom O'Donoghue editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:24th Nov '15

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This book explores the significance of context in understanding school leadership, offering valuable insights and strategies for diverse educational settings. School Leadership in Diverse Contexts is a key resource.

The book School Leadership in Diverse Contexts highlights the crucial role that context plays in shaping school leadership practices. Through a series of insightful chapters, it presents various portrayals of leadership across a wide array of distinct educational settings. Each chapter emphasizes how the specific context influences the challenges school leaders encounter, the strategies they employ to navigate these complexities, and the theoretical frameworks that are relevant to understanding leadership in those environments.

International experts contribute to this comprehensive examination of school leadership, focusing on nine diverse contexts that have been historically overlooked in research. By showcasing a rich tapestry of experiences and approaches, School Leadership in Diverse Contexts not only identifies the unique challenges faced by leaders in different settings but also proposes actionable strategies for enhancing leadership effectiveness. This multifaceted perspective is crucial for understanding the dynamic nature of educational leadership today.

Designed for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, this book serves as an essential resource for those studying educational leadership, comparative education, and educational policy. Additionally, it appeals to students from various disciplines such as development studies, history, sociology, law, and human geography, making it a valuable addition to any academic curriculum focused on the complexities of school leadership.

"Advocating intentional sensitivity within educational systems to 'situational contexts,' 'professional contexts,' 'material contexts,' and 'external contexts,' all of which encompass schools' history, intake (student/constituent sources), and setting in shaping respondent leadership roles, this text makes a case that education administrators should consider and respect the environmental influences surrounding individual school systems, rather than attempt to force artificial and universal forces of conformity (in the spirit of post-colonialism)." - D. D. Bouchard,CHOICE

ISBN: 9781138817319

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

210 pages