1st Edition

Strengthening the Connections between Leadership and Learning Challenges to Policy, School and Classroom Practice

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

186 Pages
by Routledge

Examining a decade of research and practice, this book makes the case for a radical reappraisal of leadership, learning, and their interrelationship in educational policy. Discussing whether policy direction is progressively constraining the professionalism and initiative of teachers and school leaders, it challenges conventional understanding and argues the case for thinking differently about... Read more

Introduction  Chapter 1: The Policy Challenge  Chapter 2: The Backdrop to Policy Reform  Chapter 3: Leadership for Learning: An Essential Narrative in a Challenge to Policy  Chapter 4: Professional Integrity  Chapter 5: Leadership as Practice  Chapter 6: Thinking Differently about Learning and Teaching  Chapter 7: Enhancing Teacher Professionality  Chapter 8: Challenging Policy, School, and Classroom Practice

Biography

John MacBeath is Emeritus Professor at the University of Cambridge, UK, co-founder of Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network, and Fellow of Hughes Hall.

Neil Dempster is Emeritus Professor at Griffith University and former Dean of the Griffith University Faculty of Education, Australia.

David Frost was a member of the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK, for 20 years. He was one of the co-founders of Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network and the founder of the HertsCam Network.

Greer Johnson is Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research at Griffith University, Australia, and was previously a member of the Australian team on the Leadership for Learning Project.

Sue Swaffield teaches and researches in educational leadership and school improvement at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. Sue is a co-founder of Leadership for Learning: the Cambridge Network.