Effective Educational Leadership

Dr Megan Crawford is Professor and Director of Plymouth Institute of Education and was formerly Reader in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge and Deputy Head of the Faculty. . Her research encompasses principal preparation, teacher development, and emotion and leadership. She teaches on Masters and Doctoral programme and is especially interested in the relationship between theory and practice. Megan is a National Leader of Governance in England, and has been a governor at six primary and secondary schools. She is currently Chair of Governors of an outstanding secondary school which she has been with since it was a green field.  She is on the Executive of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS www.belmas.org.uk.), and was its Chair from 2009-11 Megan has worked internationally in diverse places including Canada, Japan, and Iceland. Megan’s previous book on emotion and leadership was published in 2009.

• Introduction - Nigel Bennett, Megan Crawford and Marion CartwrightPART ONE: THE CURRENT CONTEXT OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP: POLICY AND VALUESLeadership in Education - Bill MulfordLosing Sight of Our InterestsThe Lifeworld at the Centre - T J SergiovanniValues and Actions in Educational LeadershipPART TWO: UNDERSTANDING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIPLeadership Theory Reviewed - Melissa HornerStructure, Culture and Power in Organizations - Nigel BennettInventive Management and Wise Leadership - Megan CrawfordNetworks, Cognition and Management of Tacit Knowledge - Mie Augier and Morten Thanning Vendel[sl]oThe Arts of Leadership - K GrintPART THREE: PREPARATION FOR LEADERSHIPMission Possible? An International Analysis of Head Teacher/Principal Training - Brian Caldwell, Gerald Calnin and Wendy CahillEffective Training for Subject Leaders - Alma Harris, Hugh Busher and Christine WiseConflict and Change - Michael F DiPaolaDaily Challenges for School LeadersManagement Development and a Mismatch of Objectives - Graeme CurrieThe Culture Change Process in the NHSPART FOUR: PRACTISING LEADERSHIPEffective Leaders and Effective Schools - Kathryn Riley and John MacBeathFostering Teacher Leadership - Kenneth Leithwood, Doris Jantzi and Rosanne SteinbachCritical Studies on Men, Masculinities and Management - David L Collinson and Jeff HearnCross-Cultural Perspectives on School Leadership - Miles T BryantThemes from Native American InterviewsManaging Ambiguity in Further Education - Denis Gleeson and Farzana ShainBetween Hierarchical Control and Collegiality - David Hellawell and Nick HancockThe Academic Middle Manager in Higher EducationPART FIVE: DILEMMAS IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENTThe Emotional Side of Leadership - Rick Ginsberg and Timothy Gray DaviesLeadership Challenges and Ethical Dilemmas in Front-Line Organizations - Patrick Duignan and Victoria Collins

`its unique contribution is the exploration of links between leadership discourses and the themes that have emerged from the school effectiveness movements since the 1980s. Riley and MacBeath provide one of the most valuable contributions to the volume by arguing that there are no generic recipes for educational leadership but ingredients which need to be carefully selected with a knowledge of specific contexts and needs.I would use this book with graduate students and practitioners seeking to develop a perspective about contemporary educational leadership. Its greatest contribution is its exploration of the links between effective leadership and effective education. The book also provides optimism in that many of the authors have not capitulated to the reductionist visions of the past two decades. There is still hope that educational theorists and practitioners view the life world as the true source of educational inspiration′ - Journal of Educational Administration`Leadership is the theme of this decade. This series provides an enormously valuable overview of all the critical issues involved in designing leadership as the main strategy for educational reform.... A great and timely collection′- Michael Fullan, Dean, OISE/University of Toronto ′Excellent value-for-money... can be recommended to those who with to have an authoritative source from which to update their knowledge in a particular filed yet have not the time to cover the complete corpus of core literature.′ - Educational Research