Leadership for learning : : international perspectives / / John Macbeath, Y. C. Cheng.

The impact of globalization is being felt in numerous spheres of educational policy and practice, in rapid growth of information and communication technologies, in economic transformation, and international market competition, all of which conspire to create new demands and place new pressures on sc...

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Superior document:Educational Leadership and Leaders in Contexts ; Volume 11
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Place / Publishing House:Rotterdam ;, Taipei : : Sense Publishers,, [2008]
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Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:Educational leadership and leaders in contexts ; Volume 11.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Notes:Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material / John Mac beath and YC Cheng
  • Leadership for Learning:Exploring Similarity and Living with Difference / John MacBeath
  • New Learning and School Leadership: Paradigm Shift Towards the Third Wave / Yin Cheong Cheng
  • Changing Teaching from Within: Teachers as Leaders / Ann Lieberman and Linda Friedrich
  • Professional Community or Communities? School Subject Matter and the Management of Elementary School Teachers’ Work / Page Hayton Lee and James P. Spillane
  • Leadership for Learning: Some Ethical Connections / Neil Dempster
  • Researching LfL through an International Collaborative Project / David Frost and Sue Swaffield
  • Leadership for Learning: A Canadian Perspective / Larry Sackney and Coral Mitchell
  • Promoting Learning in Ghanaian Primary Schools: The Context of Leadership and Gender Role Stereotypes / George K. T. Oduro
  • Learning About School Leadership in Australia / Bill Mulford
  • Leadership Strategies for Learning Improvement: Cases from Mainland China / Daming Feng
  • Supporting and Guiding Learning-focused Leadership in US Schools / Bradley S. Portin , Michael S. Knapp , Margaret L. Plecki and Michael A. Copland
  • Problem-Based Learning: Some Insights into Pedagogical Leadership and Administrative Challenges / Oon-Seng Tan
  • Leadership, Learning and Italy: A Tale of Atmospheres / Giovanna Barzanò and Francesca Brotto
  • Living with Accountability and Mandated Change – Leadership for Learning in a Norwegian Context / Jorunn Møller
  • Leadership for Learning or Learning for Leadership? The Role of Teacher Induction and Early Professional Development in England and Scotland / Jim O’ Brien and Janet Draper
  • Leadership for Learning in Malaysia: Understanding the Problems and Possibilities / Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid
  • School Leadership for Organizational Learning and Empowerment: The Taiwan Perspective / Hui-Ling Pan
  • School Leader Development in Hong Kong: Status, Challenge and Adjustment / Allan Walker and Paula Kwan Yu-Kwong
  • Leadership for Learning: Concluding Thoughts / John MacBeath
  • Contributors / John Mac beath and YC Cheng
  • Index / John Mac beath and YC Cheng.