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Understanding School Leadership

Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004

2004 Peter Earley and Dick Weindling First published 2004 ;ISBN: 1412931924 ;ISBN: 9781412931922 ;ISBN: 9780761943709 ;ISBN: 0761943706 ;ISBN: 9780761943716 ;ISBN: 0761943714 ;EISBN: 1412931924 ;EISBN: 9781412931922 ;EISBN: 9781446215678 ;EISBN: 1446215679 ;DOI: 10.4135/9781446215678 ;OCLC: 928577221 ;OCLC: 70774086 ;LCCN: 2004102382 ;LCCallNum: LB2900.5 .E27 2004

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  • Title:
    Understanding School Leadership
  • Author: Earley, Peter ; Weindling, Dick
  • Weindling, Dick
  • Subjects: Accountability ; Case Studies ; Education ; Educational Change ; Educational leadership ; Instructional Leadership ; Leadership ; Leadership Styles ; National Standards ; Nursery Schools ; Principals ; Program Effectiveness ; School Effectiveness ; School management and organization ; School management and organization - Great Britain ; Socialization
  • Is Part Of: Paul Chapman Publishing, 2004
  • Description: `This is a book packed with ideas and insights. It is informed by evidence from school leaders and provides a valuable overview of many important theories and research findings. A strength of the book is the way it pulls together empirical research the authors have conducted over the last 20 years. Such a long term view offers a new and needed long term perspective on school leadership and enables the authors to show how trends in leaders? careers, thinking and practice have emerged and unfolded. Researchers and practitioners alike will find something of value in this book? - Professor Geoff Southworth, Director of Research, National College for School Leadership ?[A]n excellent, well-written, extensively referenced, empirically based contribution to school leadership thinking... Earley and Weindling offer valuable insights for all of us: serving headteachers/principles, advisory and distinct-wide policy makers and aspiring headteachers? - Journal of Educational Administration By giving a detailed picture of the rapidly developing field of educational leadership, this book focuses on how to become a more effective manager and on understanding the vital importance of the manager?s role in school improvement. Written in a clear and readable style, it contains an extensive exploration of leadership models and management strategies and is based on the latest research. The text is supplemented with case studies of leadership in action. Understanding School Leadership is indispensable reading for those who have a managerial role within their school and for students of educational management.
  • Publisher: London: SAGE Publications
  • Format: 203
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 1412931924
    ISBN: 9781412931922
    ISBN: 9780761943709
    ISBN: 0761943706
    ISBN: 9780761943716
    ISBN: 0761943714
    EISBN: 1412931924
    EISBN: 9781412931922
    EISBN: 9781446215678
    EISBN: 1446215679
    DOI: 10.4135/9781446215678
    OCLC: 928577221
    OCLC: 70774086
    LCCN: 2004102382
    LCCallNum: LB2900.5 .E27 2004
  • Source: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
    Ebook Central Academic Complete

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