High-Leverage Leadership: Improving Outcomes in Educational Settings

by Denis Mongon, Christopher Chapman

Overview

Globalisation of world trade, international media, technological innovation and social change are creating opportunities and challenges that today‘s pupils will inherit and build on. A pupil‘s academic, technical and social capacity will define their success or failure. Therefore, educational outcomes and well-being for young people across emerging

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136583926
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/13/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Denis Mongon is a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the University of London, and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Manchester.Christopher Chapman is Chair of Educational Policy and Practice at the University of Glasgow, UK

Table of Contents

List of illustrations, Preface, 1 Educational leadership: Professional imperative or misguided optimism?, 2 High-leverage leadership, 3 Navigation, 4 Management, 5 Partnership, 6 Organisational pathology and high-leverage leadership, 7 Governance, accountability and impact, 8 Reflections on high-leverage leadership in education, References, Index