Leadership for Quality Schooling provides the latest thinking and research on school leadership from a range of international scholars in the field of educational administration. Because of the growing acceptance of school- based models of school management, there is now developing a greater focus on how quality education can be more fully achieved in this increasingly commonplace administrative context. Since one major aspect of promoting quality is the role of school leadership, this book offers a particular focus on the question of the connection between leadership and school improvement, effectiveness and performance. Leadership for Quality Schooling will be of interest to educational practitioners, students, researchers, academics and policymakers. It is intended as a guide to the latest research on leadership, as well as a stimulus to further thought for those looking for alternative ideas to existing practices.
Author(s): Kam-Cheung Wong, Colin W. Evers
Edition: 1
Year: 2001
Language: English
Pages: 192
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Illustrations......Page 8
List of contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
Moral Authority, Community and Diversity: Leadership Challenges for the Twenty-first Century......Page 18
Regarding Principals: Leadership Effects and the Effectiveness and Improvement of Schools......Page 29
Culture and Educational Leadership......Page 53
Vision Building among School Leaders......Page 71
Leadership Study and Administrative Practice Shall the Twain Ever Meet?: Reflections on the Wisdom of Practicality......Page 84
Embedding Leadership in Task Performance......Page 107
Knowing How to Lead: Theoretical Reflections on Inference to the Best Training......Page 120
Leadership: Paradoxes and New Direction......Page 133
Systems of Quality and Quality Assurance in Basic Education: Perspectives from Mainland China......Page 152
Leadership in the Creation of World Class Schools: Beyond the Self-Managing School......Page 162
Index......Page 181
