Connecting Leadership and Learning

Leading schools is becoming almost daily a more complex and demanding job. "Connecting Leadership and Learning" reassesses the purpose of schools, the nature of learning and the qualities of leadership that make schools authentic places of learning. Starting with a review of what we can claim to know - and not know - about learning, leadership and their inter-relationship, this book explores what it means to lead schools that place learning at the centre. Drawing on research from seven different country projects - including the United States, Australia and five European countries - the authors offer five key principles for practice: a focus of learning an environment for learning a learning dialogue shared leadership accountability; internal and external.These key principles have been tested by teachers, senior leaders and school students and found to be applicable across cultural and linguistic boundaries. The challenges faced by in inner city schools, whether in London or New Jersey, prove a stern test for the five principles yet, as these schools testify, they bring a new sense of hope and resolve that learning is for everyone. Based on rigorous research yet thoroughly grounded in practice, this book aims to challenge the reader with big ideas about learning and leadership, and to break new ground in thinking about where leadership and learning meet so that practitioners can see how it works in school and classroom practice. It should be of interest to all school leaders and those aspiring to the role.

ISBN 0415452953   Pages 208 ISBN13 9780415452953 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 326 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 234 Publication date 25 Jul 2008   Width (mm) 156 Library of Congress 2007052723   Spine width (mm) 13 DEWEY 371.2011   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

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		Introduction by John Macbeath and Neil Dempster		1
1		What do we know about learning? by John Macbeath		4
2		What do we know about leadership? by Neil Dempster		20
3		Leadership for learning by Sue Swaffield and John Macbeath		32
4		Seven countries, eights sites, 24 schools by Joanne Waterhouse and Neil Dempster		53
5		Researching the connections, developing a methodology by David Frost		64
6		A focus on learning (principle 1) by John Macbeath		74
7		An environment for learning (principle 2) by Neil Dempster and George Bagakis		91
8		A learning dialogue (principle 3) by Sue Swaffield and Neil Dempster		106
9		Shared leadership (principle 4) by Joanne Waterhouse and Jorunn Moller		121
10		Shared accountability (principle 5) by John Macbeath		137
11		Leaving a legacy: helping schools to collaborate in a climate of competition by David Frost and John Macbeath and Jorunn Moller		157
12		Leadership for learning: towards a practical theory by Neil Dempster and John Macbeath		178
		Index		184

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