1st Edition

Teacher Leadership New conceptions for autonomous student learning in the age of the Internet

158 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

178 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

178 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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In recent years teacher leadership has undergone one major revolution and is in the process of undergoing another. The first came about as schools turned out to be far too complex for the responsibility of formulating and achieving their goals to be vested entirely in principals and head teachers. As a consequence, the rise of distributed leadership as an alternative model for understanding... Read more

1. Current views and the Need for a New Model of Teacher Leadership 2. The Internet and its Implication for Teacher Leaders 3. The Nature and Function of Teacher Leadership: Looping Back or Looking Forward? 4. Instructional Leadership and Autonomous Student Learning: Resolving the Paradoxes 5. Teacher Leadership and Student Engagement: Bridging the School and the ‘Real World’ Divide 6. Involving the ‘Clients’: Why Teacher Leaders Need to Reinforce Home-school Connectivity 7. Educating Teachers for Leadership: Enhancing Preparedness and Professional Knowledge 8. Teacher Leadership in Context: Towards Critical Self-learning