School Leadership in Diverse Contexts

Herausgeber: Clarke, Simon; O'Donoghue

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book demonstrates the centrality of context to understanding school leadership, offering varied portrayals of leadership in a diverse range of distinct settings. Each chapter highlights the prominence of context in understanding the realities of school leadership, focusing on issues and influences school leaders face, strategies school leaders adopt to deal with the complexities of their work, and conceptualisations of school leadership relevant to the context.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781138817319
• ISBN-10: 1138817317
• Artikelnr.: 43023409

Autorenporträt

Simon Clarke is Professor and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Education, The University of Western Australia, Australia. Tom O'Donoghue is Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Case for Investigating School Leadership Simon Clarke and Tom
O'Donoghue 2. School Leadership and the Need to take Context Seriously
Simon Clarke and Tom O'Donoghue 3. Leading Small, Remote Schools: Dealing
with Isolation and the Community Karen Star 4. Leading High Poverty, Urban
Schools: Dealing with Economic, Emotional and Social Challenges Bruce
Barnett 5. Leading Multi Ethnic Schools: Constructing and Nurturing an
Inclusive School Culture Jim Ryan 6. Leading Exclusive, Private Schools:
Dealing with Complex Governance, Financial Difficulties and the Relentless
Pressure to Achieve Ralph Townshend 7. Leading Faith Based Schools:
Developing a School Ethos that is Conducive to the Religious Faith Tony
Kelly 8. Leading Schools in Circumstances Attributable to Conflict and
Trauma Gilbert Karareba, Tom O'Donoghue and Simon Clarke 9. Leading
Indigenous Schools: Dealing with Language, Culture, Health, Attendance,
Racism, and Family and Peer Relationships Fiona Walton 10. Leading
Autonomous, State Schools: Dealing with the Tension between Enhanced
Autonomy and Increased Accountability Chris Chapman 11. Leading
International Schools: Dealing with Diverse Cultures, Rapid Turnover of
Students and Staff and Occasionally Isolation Allan Walker 12. Explanatory
Synthesis Simon Clarke and Tom O'Donoghue