Leading futures : global perspectives on educational leadership /

A first-of-its-kind book on educational leadership with a global perspective.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Harris, Alma, 1958- (Editor), Jones, Michelle S. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2016
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover ; Advance Praise ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context ; Section 1: System Level ; Leading Futures: System Transformation ; 1. Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance ; 2. Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA ; 3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia ; 4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice.
  • 5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership for the 21st Century 6. Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario ; Section 2: Professional Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning ; 7. Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools ; 8. Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice ; 9. Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession.
  • 10. Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools 11. Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia ; 12. Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore ; Section 3: Leader and Learner Level ; Leading Futures: Leading Learning ; 13. Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning ; 14. Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real ; 15. Leading Effective Pedagogy.
  • 16. Leading Future Pedagogies International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? ; About the Editors and Contributors ; Index.