1st Edition

School Level Leadership in Post-conflict Societies The importance of context

Edited By Simon Clarke, Thomas A. O'Donoghue Copyright 2013
218 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

How do different contexts influence the nature and character of school leadership? This book is predicated on the simple, yet profound, observation that school leadership can only be understood within the context in which it is exercised. The observation is particularly valid in relation to post-conflict societies especially when they have eventuated from new-wars. Schools in these contexts... Read more

1: The Case for Studying Educational Leadership at the Individual School Level in Post-conflict Societies Simon Clarke and Tom O'Donoghue  2: Educational Leadership at the Individual School Level in Post-conflict Societies: The Broad Context Tom O'Donoghue and Simon Clarke  3: Angola: Fostering Teacher Professionalism and Safe Schools Lynn Davies  4: Ghana: Resolving the Tensions Between Colonial Values and Contemporary Policies John MacBeath and Sue Swaffield  5: Sri Lanka: School Leadership in the Conflict-affected North and East Jaya Earnest  6: Rwanda: Challenges for School Leadership in a Transitional Post-conflict Nation Jaya Earnest  7: Kenya: School Leadership and the 2007 Post-election Violence Aqeela A. Datoo and David Johnson  8: Solomon Islands: Adaptive Leadership Strategies in Schools Jack Maebuta  9: Lebanon: Post-civil Implications for Schools Nina Maadad  10: Kosovo: Transitioning School Leadership from Conflict to Coherence J. Tim Goddard and Osman Buleshkaj  11: Timor-Leste: The Now in the Not Yet of School Leadership Margie Beck and Silvanio Araujo  12: Northern Ireland: Some Post-conflict Challenges in Education Sam McGuinness, Lesley Abbott and Frank Cassidy  13: Educational Leadership in Post-new War Societies: Insights from the Field into Challenges and Possibilities Simon Clarke and Tom O'Donoghue

Biography

Simon R. P. Clarke is Professor of Education, Deputy Head of School and the Masters Programs Course Coordinator at the Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia.

Thomas A. O’Donoghue is Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education, The University of Western Australia, and an elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Royal Historical Society.