Principles of Educational Leadership & Management

Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Nottingham, and previously held similar posts at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln and Warwick. He is President of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) and was presented with the Society’s Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is also a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM). He has an established international profile, with research, consultancy, or invited keynote presentations in 22 countries on all six continents. He has published extensively on many aspects of educational leadership and management, and has been editor of the leading ISI-listed international journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership, since 2002. His other recent books include Leading and Managing People in Education (with David Middlewood), and The Principles of Educational Leadership and Management (with Les Bell and David Middlewood).Les Bell is Emeritus Professor of Educational Leadership at the Universities of Leicester and Lincoln.  He trained as a teacher at Goldsmiths College, London and taught in both primary and secondary schools.  He joined the Education Department at Coventry College of Education and subsequently became a member of the Education Department at the University of Warwick. He has held posts at the Universities of Warwick, Liverpool John Moores, Lincoln and Leicester. He has written and researched extensively on educational management and leadership, particularly on ambiguity theory, strategy and change management, leading schools in challenging circumstances, new developments in educational leadership and the formulation and implementation impact of government policy and its impact on schools. He is co-editor, with Howard Stevenson, of Organizing Public Education – a four volume collection in the Major Works series. London, Sage His latest publications Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstance: Strategies for Success. London. Bloomsbury Press (2016), (with Phil Smith) and Agency, Structure and the NEET Policy Problem: The Experiences of Young People. London. Bloomsbury (2017) (with Ian Thurlby-Campbell)David Middlewood is currently a part-time Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Studies in the University of Warwick, having previously worked at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester where he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management. Prior to working in Higher Education, David taught in schools for many years, culminating in the principalship  of a comprehensive secondary school for nine years, where awards were won for creative arts and equal opportunities. He has taught and researched extensively in the UK and also in various countries in Europe and Africa, being a visiting professor in New Zealand and in South Africa. David has written and edited more than twenty books, many on people leadership and management, strategic leadership, appraisal, practitioner research and some recent research includes work on high performing teams, support staff and student voice. He was co-editor of two professional journals for both primary and secondary school leaders for over six years. He recently co-authored a book on the  leadership of groups of schools and his current work (with Ian Abbott) concerns leadership of learning for disadvantaged pupils.

• Part I: Principles of Educational Leadership and Management1 Models of Educational Leadership - Tony Bush2 Instructional Leadership 1950-2018: Transformation from an American to a Global Leadership Construct - Philip Halliinger3 An Ethics of Educational Leadership for Turbulent and Complex Times - Mike Bottery4 Solo and Shared Leadership - Megan Crawford5 Excellence in Educational Leadership: Practices, Capabilities and Virtues that Foster Improved Student Outcomes - Viviane M. J. RobinsonPart II: Leadership, Management and Professionalism6 Leading and Managing Professional Learning - Les Bell7 Leading and Managing Professional Staff - David Middlewood8 Appraisal and Performance Management - David Middlewood9 Resource Management - Raj Mestry10 Leadership Preparation and Development - Tony Bush and Carmen MontecinosPart III: Leadership for Social Justice11 Gender and Educational Leadership - Pontso Moorosi12 Leadership for Diversity and Inclusion - Jack Lumby13 Race and Ethnicity in Educational Leadership - Paul Miller14 The Participation and Influence of Stakeholders in School Leadership and Management - Michael Connolly, Catherine Farrell and Chris James15 Leading Schools in Challenging Circumstances - Alma Harris and Michelle JonesPart IV: Leadership and Context16 Leadership and Globalisation - Howard Stevenson17 Contextualising the Study and Practice of School Leadership in an era of Globalisation - Philip Hallinger18 Leadership and Culture - Allan Walker and Qian Haiyan19 School Leadership in Developing Countries: The Case of South Africa - Felix Maringe and Nevensha Sing20 Educational Leadership in Post-Conflict Situations: A Brief Reconnoitre - Tom O′Donoghue and Simon Clarke

This is an engaging text which, drawing material from a range of disciplines, robustly tackles a number of the prevailing issues within the contemporary educational environment.  As such this text has the potential to offer value to practitioners, researchers, students and academic staff.