Leaders With Substance: An Antidote to Leadership Genericism in Schools

by Matthew Evans

Overview

Leadership is an ill-defined domain, drowning in abstract theories and models of expertise. School leadership suffers from this lack of a satisfactory and useful definition of leadership, and has of late been drawn in to generic approaches to school improvement which have left the workforce feeling anything but 'well led'. How do we put 'substance' back in to school leadership? This book draws on the lessons of cognitive science and explores the specific things that school leaders do, arguing for a notion of school leadership rooted in the realities of leaders' daily experiences. It presents a case for how school leaders can develop their expertise and, in doing so, places domain-specific knowledge at the heart of school improvement efforts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781398382985
Publisher:	Hodder Education
Publication date:	10/25/2019
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Matthew Evans is an experienced, serving Headteacher of a rural, comprehensive 11-19 school in Gloucestershire. He has been in senior leadership positions in schools for 15 years, prior to which he was a classroom teacher and curriculum leader for 9 years. He once won a National Teaching Award and has spoken at national conferences. Matthew writes a blog on education matters which has been critically well-received by notable authors in the field of education.