Description
This fifth edition of Tony Bush’s bestselling text explores the links between educational management theories and the main models of leadership, and their application to policy and practice globally across varied educational contexts.
This fully updated new edition is informed by an enhanced global perspective and expanded coverage of important contemporary issues including teacher leadership, professional learning communities, transformational leadership, instructional leadership and a critical assessment of distributed leadership.
This is essential reading for all teachers who aspire to management, as well as for experienced leaders on Masters’ level courses, and for those studying school management as part of education degrees.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Importance of Leadership and Management for Education
Chapter 2: Models of Educational Leadership and Management
Chapter 3: Formal Models
Chapter 4: Collegial Models
Chapter 5: Political Models
Chapter 6: Subjective Models
Chapter 7: Ambiguity Models
Chapter 8: Cultural Models
Chapter 9: Conclusion
