Emerald Handbook of Global Perspectives on Educational Innovation and Leadership

Nicola Sum is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Education and Culture, at the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Australia.Paul Campbell is Assistant Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership at The University of Hong Kong, and President-Elect of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI).Stephen MacGregor is an Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Governance at the University of Calgary’s Werklund School of Education, Canada.Rania Sawalhi is a faculty member at the University of Jordan with over two decades of experience across K–12 education, higher education, and informal learning.

• Introduction - Education, Leadership and Innovation: The Challenge of Slow Change and Conflicting Expectations; Nicola Sum, Paul Campbell, Stephen MacGregor, and Rania Sawalhi Section I. Introduction: Conceptual Foundations of Innovation and Leadership;Paul Campbell Chapter 1. Rethinking Innovation and Leadership: A Conceptual Framework for Educational Transformation; Agel Fara Alsulami and Hanan Muhaya Alenazy Chapter 2. Leadership Praxis as Epistemic Craft: Navigating Innovation with Dynamic Tools; Katherine J. Adnett and Simon N. Leonard Chapter 3. Herzreflexive Leadership (Leading with Heart): Emotional Reflexivity as a Key Driver of Innovation in Education; Eunice Yin Yung ChiuChapter 4. From Mystical Roots to Modern Horizons: Leading Educational Transformation in an Indonesian Islamic Boarding School (Pesantren); Nadhif Muhammad Mumtaz Chapter 5. Conceptualising Innovation in Further and Higher Education: Leadership Implications across the UK and the Commonwealth; Atina Ndindeng Chapter 6. Leading through the Interstices: How French Principals Navigate Pedagogical Innovation within a Centralized System; Mehdi LazarChapter 7. The Three Ps of Innovation: Personal, People, and Politics; Breda McTaggart and Valerie McTaggart Chapter 8. Towards a Blended Leadership Framework for Disrupted Schooling Systems; Shuti Steph Khumalo Section II. Introduction: Systemic and Contextual Influences on Innovation;Stephen MacGregor Chapter 9. Leading Local Educational Reform: Structural Innovation, Cultural Continuity, and Professional Voice in Lithuanian Municipalities; Jolanta Urbanovič, Vaida Pituškienė, Barbara Stankiewicz, and Kęstutis Traškevičius Chapter 10. Re-Culturing Educational Leadership: Placing Teacher Well-Being at the Heart of Educational Innovation; Lala Ismayilova Chapter 11. Political Pressure and the Shaping of Innovation in Educational Leadership; Nguyen Hai Thanh Chapter 12. Contextualizing Empathetic Leadership: Innovation and Redefinition in Lebanese Higher Education; Lina Safa Chapter 13. Adaptive Leadership for Innovation: Exploring School Principals’ Roles in AI-Driven Educational Reform in Hong Kong; Pui Wu Connie Chow and Chun Sing Maxwell Ho Chapter 14. Funding the Future: Philanthropy, AI, and Educational Innovation Amid Destabilizing Politics; Naimah Bilal and Joel R Malin Chapter 15. Instructional Leadership in the Global South: Lessons from Innovation and Practice in India, Indonesia, and Sierra Leone; Airodi Tejas, Dewi Susanti, and Gautam Anand Chapter 16. Carrying the Burden Alone: The Hidden Cost of Leading Gender Equity in Schools; Sanya Sagar and Catalina Hepp Astudillo Chapter 17. School Leadership and Educational Innovation in Scotland: Pathways to Continuous Improvement; Michalis Constantinides Chapter 18. Cross-Cultural Policy Translation: How Government-Academic Partnerships Enable Educational Innovation Across Diverse Governance Systems; Lisa Marie MacLeod Chapter 19. Leading for Innovation: Exploring School Leaders’ Trust; Jonas Pfurtscheller and Jana Groß Ophoff Chapter 20. Protocols as Innovation Infrastructure: Leadership for Participatory, Culturally Sustaining Change; Patty Gómez and Eve Rifkin Chapter 21. Is it Servant Leadership or Subservient Leadership? Understanding the Role of Hierarchy and Innovation in Higher Education Leadership; Andrea Arce-Trigatti, Ashley B. Akenson, and Elizabeth B. Lewis Chapter 22. Enabling Educational Innovation through Collective Leadership; Emre Er and Sebahat Çakırlar Chapter 23. Courageous Leadership: Empowering Risk-taking for Innovation and Change; Deidre M. Le Fevre Chapter 24. Technology, Financial Accountability, Leadership and Sustainable Development in Higher Education; Solomon Oyenashie AnanyiSection III. Introduction: Policy, Practice, and Examples of Innovation; Rania Sawalhi Chapter 25. Innovation as Policy Rhetoric and Practice: A Critical Policy Analysis of Educational Innovation and Leadership in Hong Kong; Paul Campbell and Marco Shek Chapter 26. Reimagining Innovation Through Relational Leadership: A Collaborative Autoethnography of Curriculum Reform in Initial Teacher Education; Robert New and Jennifer Cutri Chapter 27. Leading Educational Change in Egyptian Schools: The Role of Change Leadership, School Climate, and Teachers’ Innovative Practices; Yasser F. Hendawy Al-Mahdy and Fayrouz Ramadan Elwakil Chapter 28. From Policy Blueprint to Inclusive Practice: Catalyzing Special Education Innovation in the U.S. and Latin America; Kenyon AndrewsChapter 29. Beyond Traditional Success Metrics: Leadership Innovation in Australian Alternative Educational Settings; Adam J. Taylor and Pauline Thompson Chapter 30. Empowering Innovation through Collective Leadership: Community-Driven Approaches in Education; Nidhi Jhawar, Barkha Agrawal, and Ritu Mishra Chapter 31. CARE-EI: A Community-Activated Resilience and Equity Model for Educational Innovation in Marginalised Contexts; Zaheer AhmedChapter 32. Forgotten Innovations: Local Wisdom in Oral Traditions as a Model for Contextual Education Today; Mochamad Ilham Chapter 33. Museum-School Partnerships as Innovation Catalysts: Centering Youth Voice in Intercultural Education; Rorujorona Ferrell Chapter 34. Rubber Duck Method: Fostering Innovative Teaching and Learning in Schools; Trista Hollweck, Leslie Mott, Chris Rowsome, and Michelle Schira Hagerman Chapter 35. Decolonizing Innovation: Contextual Leadership Practices and Professional Growth in the Global South; Francis Thaise A. Cimene and Danielle Rey A. Cimene Section IV. Introduction: Future Directions: Research, Methodology, and Implications for Change; Nicola Sum Chapter 36. Leading Innovation across Contexts: Insights from International Successful Principalship Case Studies; Junqi Lin, Jingping Sun, Bob L. Johnson Jr., and Michael A. Lawson Chapter 37. Seeing Innovation up Close: Distributed and Socially Extended Cognition in Strategic Conversations; Nicolaas Blom Chapter 38. Ethics, Innovation and Educational Leadership: An autoethnographic study of practice in South Asian contexts to shape Ethical Literacy; Nicola Sum, Achinto Roy, and Reshmi Lahiri-Roy Chapter 39. The Whole School Optimization Model: Leveraging Teacher Expertise and Leadership Innovation to Resolve Wicked Problems in K-12 Education; Tiffini A. Brigola