Rethinking Educational Leadership

Dr Lesley Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the UK’s The Open University (OU). Her current responsibilities include chairing the only compulsory module in the Masters in Education programme, supervising and examining doctoral students and leading the educational leadership and management academic area within the Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme.  Additionally, Lesley is involved in various research activities.  In addition to the DelPHE project, current projects include the relationship between leadership and social inclusion and access to and other issues connected with higher level study by prisoners

• Introduction - Nigel Bennett and Lesley AndersonRethinking Educational Leadership - Challenging the ConventionsPART ONE: LAYING OUT THE PERSPECTIVESLeadership in the (Post)Modern Era - J Tim GoddardEmbracing Uncertainty - Rodney T OgawaOrganizing and Leading to Enhance the Knowledgeability and Capability of TeachersLeadership, Learning and Negotiation in a Social Psychology of Organizing - Ian E Morley and Dian-Marie HoskingDistributing and Intensifying School Leadership - Peter GronnPART TWO: THE PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICEChallenging Circumstances - Megan CrawfordThe Role of Distributed and Intensified LeadershipFrom Singular to Plural? Challenging the Orthodoxy of School Leadership - Alma Harris and Chris DayDeveloping Alternative Conceptions of Leadership and Organizations through Restructuring - Lynne M HannayCollaboration in Communities of Practice - Jane McGregorLeaders of Subject Communities - Christine WiseUnderstanding Curriculum Leadership in the Secondary School - John O′NeillPART THREE: THE PERSPECTIVES AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTAssessing the Impact on Practice of Professional Development Activities - Nigel BennettPreparing for Leadership in Education - Peter RibbinsIn Search of WisdomPART FOUR: REVIEW AND OVERVIEWComparing and Contrasting the Perspectives - Helen GunterMapping the Field of Educational Leadership