Full Description
Studies of teacher leadership have proliferated over the past fifty years. Earlier work tended to focus exclusively on the link between teacher leadership and school improvement. Now, however, cross-cultural research on the relationship between teacher leadership and power, agency and school culture has the potential to contribute to a deeper understanding of the teaching profession in diverse geographical and social contexts.
A Cross-Cultural Consideration of Teacher Leaders' Narratives of Power, Agency and School Culture presents groundbreaking work that expands discussions of teachers' work to highlight the struggles of a profession in three different countries: England, Jamaica and the United States. This research provides examples of teacher leaders' narratives about power, agency and school culture, presenting the voices of teacher leaders across diverse contexts. It seeks to identify the "lessons" that transcend culture and speak to the importance of understanding how teachers'work (and teacher leadership) functions within complex school cultures. This work has profound implications for teaching, learning and leading in a 21st century global economy.
Contents
Foreword
Paul Miller
Introduction
Eleanor J. Blair, Carmel Roofe, and Susan Timmins
Section One: Teacher Leadership in England
1. Education in England
Susan Timmins
2. The Study of Teacher Leaders in England and Their Work
Susan Timmins
3. ReflectionsSusan Timmins
Section Two: Teacher Leadership in Jamaica
4. Critical Perspectives on Teacher Leadership in Jamaica
Carmel Roofe
5. The Empirical Study of Teacher Leaders in Jamaica
Carmel Roofe
6. Reflections, Implications and Conclusions
Carmel Roofe
Section Three: Teacher Leadership in the United States
7. Teacher Leadership in the United States: You Can't Get There from Here
Eleanor J. Blair
8. Teacher Leadership Today: Teachers Talk About Their Work
Eleanor J. Blair
9. Teacher Leadership for 21st-Century Schools: An Old Wine in a New Bottle?
Eleanor J, Blair
Section Four: Cross-Cultural Considerations and Stories of Teacher Leaders' Work
10. Cross-Cultural Conversations About Teacher Leadership: Reflections on Trends That Transcend Culture
Carmel Roofe, Eleanor J. Blair, and Susan Timmins
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