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The Practices of School Middle Leadership

Leading Professional Learning

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  • © 2018

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Authors:
  1. Peter Grootenboer

    1. School of Education, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

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  • Addresses the gap between the role and practices of middle leaders as key to quality education
  • Offers a timely contribution that focuses on understudied areas of middle leadership
  • Uses practice theory to analyse middle leadership as a practice

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction to Middle Leading

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 1-19

  3. Theories and Models of Educational Leadership

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 21-41

  4. Practice Philosophy and Theories

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 43-59

  5. Investigating Middle Leading

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 61-83

  6. The Practices of Middle Leading

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 85-105

  7. Middle Leading Within Practice Architectures

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 107-133

  8. The Ecological Arrangement of Middle Leading Practices

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 135-153

  9. Site-Based Staff Development Practices

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 155-174

  10. The Praxis of Leading in the Middle

    • Peter Grootenboer
    Pages 175-194

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 195-196
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About this book

This book uses practice theory to examine the role of ‘middle-leadership’. In particular, it investigates the practices of ‘leading in the middle’ in the cultural-discursive, material-economic, and social-political domains – i.e., the sayings, doings and relatings of middle leading. This perspective acknowledges the ecological arrangement of leading practices in schools, and the necessity of considering the unavoidable reality of the site. The analysis is used to promote the need to view leading in the middle as a form of praxis – a morally and ethically informed practice that requires thoughtful decision-making and action in situations where the outcomes are not always clear. This book focuses on the practice of leading for those in ‘middle management’ positions in primary and secondary schools, such as those responsible for curriculum leadership, including senior teachers, assistant principals, and curriculum leaders. In their positions that bridge ‘management’ and ‘the classroom’ they are significant leaders in promoting and sustaining effective pedagogy for good learning outcomes, and they have to continue to provide high-quality teaching in their own classrooms, while simultaneously being a mentor, coach, supporter and evaluator for their colleagues.

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Education, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia

    Peter Grootenboer

About the author

Peter Grootenboer was a school teacher and leader for 12 years before moving into the tertiary sector. He received the national Jim Campbell Award for teaching excellence. He is now a Professor of Education at Griffith University and the Deputy Director of the Griffith Institute for Educational Research. His research interests include mathematics education, educational leadership, practice/praxis theory, and action research.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Practices of School Middle Leadership

  • Book Subtitle: Leading Professional Learning

  • Authors: Peter Grootenboer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0768-3

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-0766-9Published: 20 June 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-13-4494-7Published: 23 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-0768-3Published: 07 June 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 196

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics, Early Childhood Education

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