1st Edition
School Leadership in Malaysia Policy, Research and Practice
1. School Leadership and Policy Reform: Global and Malaysian Perspectives
Tony Bush
2. Contextual Awareness and Sensemaking among Malaysian School Principals: From Leaders to Leadership
Mohammad Noman
3. Internal and External Support for Malaysian Principals
Lokman Mohd Tahir, Mohammed Borhandden Musah and Mohd Fadzli Ali
4. International School Principals in Malaysia: Local and Global Factors Impacting on Leadership
Lucy Bailey and Mark T. Gibson
5. Constructing the Concept of High Performing School Leadership: A Malaysian Perspective
Shahrizal Norwawi
6. Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices: Ideals and Realities
Donnie Adams et al.
7. Middle Leadership: The Head of Department’s Instructional Leadership Role
Simin Ghavifekr
8. Distributed Leadership in a Centralised Context: The Case of Malaysia
Tony Bush and Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng
9. School-based Leadership and Professional Learning Communities in Malaysia
Henry Koge
10. Principal Preparation and Development: A Malaysian Perspective
Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng
11. Leadership and Student Outcomes: Evidence from Malaysia
Josephine Chay
12. Conclusion: School Leadership in Malaysia: Past, Present and Future
Tony Bush
Biography
Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at Nottingham, with responsibilities in the UK and Malaysia. He is President and a Council member of the British Educational Leadership Society (BELMAS) and has been the editor of the SSCI-listed international journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (EMAL) since 2002. His previous experience includes professorial appointments at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln and Warwick. He was presented with the BELMAS Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and appointed as a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) in the same year. He has been a consultant, external examiner, invited keynote speaker or research director in 23 countries.
