School Leadership in Diverse Contexts [Paperback]

School Leadership in Diverse Contextsdemonstrates the centrality of context to understanding school leadership. It offers varied portrayals of leadership in a diverse range of distinct settings. Each chapter highlights the prominence of context in understanding the realities of school leadership, focusing on issues and influences that school leaders face, strategies school leaders adopt to deal with the complexities of their work, and conceptualisations of school leadership relevant to the context.

An impressive array of international experts examine this neglected area of research by considering school leadership in nine heterogeneous contexts, providing rich and varied portrayals of school leadership and suggesting ways in which the leadership may be enhanced.

School Leadership in Diverse Contextsis an ideal book for undergraduate and postgraduate students, particularly those studying units in educational leadership, comparative education and educational policy. Similarly undergraduate and postgraduate students engaged with development studies, history, sociology, law, human geography will be attracted to this text.

1. The Case for Investigating School Leadership Simon Clarke and Tom ODonoghue2. School Leadership and the Need to take Context Seriously Simon Clarke and Tom ODonoghue3. Leading Small, Remote Schools: Dealing with Isolation and the Community Karen Star4. Leading High Poverty, Urban Schools: Dealing with Economic, Emotional and Social Challenges Bruce Barnett5. Leading Multi Ethnic Schools: Constructing and Nurturing an Inclusive School Culture Jim Ryan6. Leading Exclusive, Private Schools: Dealing with Complex Governance, Financial Difficulties and the Relentless Pressure to Achieve Ralph Townshend7. Leading Faith Based Schools: Developing a School Ethos that is Conducive to the Religious Faitl³&