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Aug 30, 2016 · In this article, educational leadership is the professional practice of a leader (or leaders) in an administrative role(s) working with, guiding, and influencing educators in a particular context toward improving learning and other educational processes in early childhood education centers and in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary ...
- Distributed Leadership
- Critique of Distributed Leadership
- Dispersed Leadership
- Hybrid Leadership
- Transformational Leadership
- Generative Leadership
- Curriculum and Instructional Leadership
- Critiques of Instructional Leadership
There have been many models and theories of educational leadership that have been promoted and one that has gained particular attention and favour is distributed leadership (Liljenberg, 2015; Youngs, 2009). Distributed leadership was first developed by Gronn (2002) and Spillane (2006) as a conceptual and theoretical framework for understanding the ...
While the sentiments of distributed leadership outlined above seem positive, the conception is not without issues and concerns. Some of these are philosophical or theoretical, some are practical and some are related to how it is interpreted and the ways it is taken up and used. Howard Youngs (2009) is one who has critiqued this and suggested that, ...
Similar, but not the same as distributed leadership, is the concept of dispersed leadership. Central to this was the notion of productive leadershipwhich included the following domains: 1. 1. focus on pedagogy; 2. 2. focus on management structures and strategies; 3. 3. focus on culture of care; 4. 4. focus on professional development and supporting...
Hybrid leadershipFootnote 4 was developed by Peter Gronn (2009, 2011), partly in response to some of the shortcomings that he perceived with distributed leadership. In particular, with the (re)emergence of distributed ideas of leadership around the turn of the century in response to the heroic individualistic models that dominated in the two decade...
Another form or conception of leadership that has gained popularity and acceptance is transformational leadership (Leithwood, Jantzi, & Steinbach, 1999). According to Urlick (2016): The notion of transformational leadership was seen as providing a foundation for understanding and developing principals’ leadership to include managerial, strategic, a...
Another notion of leading that is still developing is generative leadership (Edwards-Groves & Rönnerman, 2013), which specifically links leading and professional learning in educational sites. Specifically, in their study, they found that leading practices developed from ongoing programmes of professional learning that focused not only on student l...
The conceptualisations of curriculum or instructionalleadership are included here because often, in practice in schools and other educational sites, it is middle leaders who provide this leadership. However, these models were primarily developed for principals or positional heads, so there is not a direct relationship or application to middle leade...
Notwithstanding the points made above, about the apparent benefits of instructional leadership, there have been some issues and concerns expressed. At a fundamental level, there is some ambiguity about the concepts and nature of the model, particularly in more recent years where it has been challenged by other conceptions and theories, such as dist...
- Peter Grootenboer
- p.grootenboer@griffith.edu.au
- 2018
Dec 21, 2023 · The book showcases contributions from authors with a deeply embedded understanding of educational leadership and in schools’ context. It will focus on major aspects of school leadership, including contemporary theories and models in the 21st century, the role of the principal, the work of senior and middle leaders, leadership, and student ...
Early Leadership Theories. Contingency Theories; Early Leadership Theories in Education; The New Leadership; Charismatic–Transformational Leadership; Problems of “Old” Science; Contemporary Leadership Approaches. Distributed Leadership; Distributed Leadership and Distributed Cognition; Alternative and Postmodern Theories of Leadership
Leadership involves a social influence process whereby intentional influence is exerted by one person [or group] over other people [or groups] to structure activities and relationships in a group or organisation (Yukl, 2002: 3). Bush (2008: 277) refers to three key aspects of these definitions.
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Jan 1, 2018 · Definition. Educational leadership is defined as the quality and competence of exerting leading influence on educational organization members, teachers and faculty, students, and diverse stakeholders within and beyond certain educational organizations and settings toward the achievement of educational visions and goals.
Apr 10, 2024 · Abstract. Behind every school leader is an individual with experiences. These experiences, personal and professional, shape how an educator conceptualizes leadership. This study examines the types of experiences that leaders, enrolled in a Master of Educational Leadership degree in Australia, draw on to inform their leadership.
