Editors:
- Gathers contemporary research on school leadership from 24 countries in one volume
- Provides many examples of school leadership roles, practices and education
- Discusses educational policies and practices
- Contains original research reports
Part of the book series: Studies in Educational Leadership (SIEL, volume 21)
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Table of contents (25 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Social Democratic Welfare Countries
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Former East European Countries with a Fast Transition to Democratic Societies
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English Speaking Countries with a Commonwealth Connection
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School Systems with a Clear National Administrative and Control Structure
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About this book
This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries. Each of these directions has its own particular cultural, educational and policy history. Taken together, the various chapters in the volume provide a rich and varied mosaic of what is currently known and what is yet to be discovered about the roles and practices of principals, and their contributions to the improvement of teaching and the learning and achievement of students. The particular foci and methodological emphases of the research reported illustrate the different phases in the development of educational policies and provision in each country. This collection is an important addition to existing international research that has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the influence of school principals is second only to that of teachers in their capacity to impact students’ progress and achievement and to promote equity and social justice.
Keywords
- analyses of contemporary leadership research
- basic facts on school systems in 24 countries
- contemporary research on principals
- cultural, educational and policy histories
- educational cultures and policies
- educational leadership
- principals' leadership
- principals' role
- principals' work
- school governance
- school leadership practices and policies
- school systems
Editors and Affiliations
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Centre for Principal Development, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
Helene Ärlestig, Olof Johansson
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Centre for Research on Educational Leadership and Management, School of Education, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Christopher Day
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Decade of Research on School Principals
Book Subtitle: Cases from 24 Countries
Editors: Helene Ärlestig, Christopher Day, Olof Johansson
Series Title: Studies in Educational Leadership
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23027-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-23026-9Published: 23 November 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-34926-8Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-23027-6Published: 13 November 2015
Series ISSN: 1572-3909
Series E-ISSN: 2543-0130
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 543
Topics: Administration, Organization and Leadership, Educational Policy and Politics