Transformative leadership and educational excellence : : learning organizations in the information age / / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh, editors.

• Superior document: Contemporary Approaches to Research in Learning Innovations
• TeilnehmendeR: Saleh, Issa M.,; Khine, Myint Swe,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam ;, Boston ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary approaches to research in learning innovations.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

On records, the evolution of human development pays a considerable tribute to the relentless efforts made by generations of teacher educators set out to train academic leaders and teachers committed to the implementation of educational policies parallel to the mental edification of young students. Teacher educators, faced the challenges, overcame the obstacles, and refined the pedagogies of our educational system with many innovative approaches. As the world faces increasing uncertainties and adamant shifts of knowledge economy, it is apparent that education plays an ultimate role in creating adept and geared up citizens, to lead the way to the future. Designing and managing learning school organizations that can sustain a competitive advantage in this fast-changing environment demands transformative leaders primed and ready to the building or our intellectual capital for the future. Many books on teacher education, educational management and leadership have been written in the past, but most of them do not keep up with the fast-changing educational scene and only a few include future scenarios. This book presents the anticipated trends and demands of the new knowledge economy, and it aims to achieve its goals with the use of various tools, generative and collaborative efforts, increasing leadership capability in dynamic and complex contexts, enculturation of cutting edge knowledge for educational advancement and creation of teams that focus learning organizations. This book brings together prominent and leading teacher educators and researchers from around the world to present their scholarship, theories and practice, case studies, state-of-the- art approaches and upshot predictions. This book embodies collective knowledge inquiry and represents professional conversations. The chapters provides information on recent trends and development in teacher education, the important role of educational management and leadership in educational transformations and promising practices for desired outcomes. The book is a critical and specialized resource that describes how transformative leadership can play an important role in achieving excellence in education. The topics covered are: Educational Leadership and Effective Teaching, Research in Transformational Leadership, and Professional Development and Social Capital Building in Schools.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Teacher Education: Effective Teaching and School Governance in the 21st Century / Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine -- Governance and Leadership ‘of’ and ‘in’ Schools: Schools Leadership between Governance and Student Outcomes in Knowledge Societies / Lejf Moose -- The Role of Teacher Leadership in Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Schools / Dianne L. Taylor -- Cosmopolitan Leadership: Education as a Global Public Good for Sustainable Education Futures / Athena Vongalis-Macrow -- Student – Facilitated Technology Integration as a catalyst for creating School-Based Learning Communities: A Proven Program in the United States and Energing Possibilities in China / Forrest W. Parkay and Mei Wu -- Grassroots Leadership for the 21st Century: Leading by Not Leading / Joan T. Wynne -- Teachers’ Research, Professional Development, and Educational Leadership in Schools / Jeroen Imants -- Deepening Our Understanding about School Leadership: Learning from Educators and Non-educators / Lisa Chatherine Ehrich and Neil Cranston -- Transformational Leadership and Organizational Learning in Schools / Bill Mulford and Halia Silins -- Ineffective Leadership Style and Failed Urban School and Recommendations / Issa M. Saleh -- Do “Mainstream” School Reforms Foster the “World’s Best School Systems?” / Caitlin Farrell , Guilbert Hentschke and Jonathan Mathis -- Integrating Research on Teacher Education and Educational Effectiveness: Using the Dynamic Model for Teacher Professional Development / Panayiotis Antoniou , Bert P. M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides -- Adding Value to International Professional Development / Bob Burstow -- Technology Training and Professional Development of School Leaders in the U.S.A.: The Critical Need for Reform / Gregory M. Hauser and Dennis W. Koutouzos -- Hidden in Plain Sight: Transformational Schooling and Leadership in the Information Age / Vanessa Allen-Brown and Hoff Pamela Twyman -- Learner - Centered Leadership: A New Perspective for the Preparation and Professional Development of School Leaders / Arnold Danzig -- Improving the Social Capital of Students in High-Poverty Schools: What Will it Take? / Pam Bishop and Helen Mahoney -- Back to the Future?: Educational Reform, and the Impact on Teaching and Teacher Education in Australia / John Williamson and Marion Myhill -- Is There a Recruitment Crisis? School Leadership, Professional Development and Succession Planning / Jim O’Brienon -- List Of Contributors / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Index / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh.