Distributed Leadership Different Perspectives /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Harris, Alma (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Studies in Educational Leadership ; 7
• Subjects: Education.; School management and organization.; School administration.; Educational sociology.; Assessment.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Sociology of Education.

This book argues that the educational environment in many countries has shifted so dramatically and so permanently that we urgently need to re-consider what we understand by educational leadership and educational leadership practice. It focuses on distributed leadership and draws on the emerging evi...

Table of Contents:

• Setting the Scene
• Distributed Leadership: What We Know
• Empirical Perspectives
• Investigating Connections Between Distributed Leadership and Instructional Change
• Taking a Distributed Perspective in Studying School Leadership and Management: The Challenge of Study Operations
• The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Teachers’ Academic Optimism
• Distributed Leadership in Schools: Does System Policy Make a Difference?
• Practical Perspective
• Capacity Building Through Layered Leadership: Sustaining the Turnaround
• The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Action Learning in Schools: A Case Study
• Conceptual Theoretical
• The Role of Sensemaking and Trust in Developing Distributed Leadership
• Distributed Leadership: Democracy or Delivery?
• Future Perspectives
• From Distributed to Hybrid Leadership Practice
• Fit for Purpose: An Educationally Relevant Account of Distributed Leadership
• Coda.