Book description
For some time the editors of this book have been discussing
issues related to improving the quality of education as it relates to
student outcomes in schools. The editors come from two different
education backgrounds, one (Ira) where educational leadership traditionally
has been developed through masters or other certification programs offered
by universities that were obliged to follow the various certification rules
set down by their associated US state departments of education and the other
(Tony) where leaders in most Australian schools were traditionally appointed
to leadership positions before they had any training on how to become a
leader. These two very diverse backgrounds, the first were self
selection into a program is later followed by further training at the
district level, with the possible eventual selection as a school leader on
the one hand, and the second where the individual is identified as being a
potential leader and then undergoes departmental led training as a leader
which may or may not be done in conjunction with university credits, led to
some interesting conversations.
The 2006 International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement,
which was hosted by the College of Education at FAU, provided the
opportunity for people from many parts of the world to contribute to the
interaction and a number of the people who presented at the conference were
able to reshape their papers, which looked at various aspects of leadership
research, into chapters that considered both the 'what' of educational
leadership and the 'how' we come to know this through educational research.
The current book is an attempt to analyse these factors to try and establish
a way forward for the future of leadership research.
About the author
Both editors Tony Townsend and Ira Bogotch are
currently working at Florida Atlantic University. Tony Townsend was previously an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at
Monash University.
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