Leading futures: global perspectives on educational leadership

Table of contents

Section 1 System Level
Leading Futures: System Transformation
1.Who's Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International Assessments of System Performance / Yong Zhao
2.Economic Development and Competitiveness: A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA / Janet H. Chrispeels
3.Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education Policy Cycle in Russia / Anatoly Kasprzhak
4.School Leadership Development in Hong Kong: Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on Policy and Practice / Paula Kwan
5.Movers and Shapers: Refraining System Leadership for the 21st Century / Albert Bertani
6.Leading System-wide Educational Improvement in Ontario / Carol Campbell
Section 2 Professional Level
Leading Futures: Leading Professional Learning
7.Exploring the Practice of Professional Learning Communities: Case of Hong Kong Primary Schools / Zoe Lai-Mei Leung
Contents note continued: 8.Principal Preparation and Professional Development in Malaysia: Exploring Key Influences and Current Practice / Vasu Muniandy
9.Designing and Developing Australian Principal Certification: With the Profession, For the Profession / Louisa Rennie
10.Networking for Educational Equity: Rethinking Improvement Within, Between and Beyond Schools / Christopher Chapman
11.Leading Professional Learning to Improve Schools in Challenging Circumstances in Russia / Michelle S. Jones
12.Developing Leaders for Schools in Singapore / Pak Tee Ng
Section 3 Leader and Learner Level
Leading Futures: Leading Learning
13.Generation X Leaders in Global Cities: Emerging Perspectives on Recruitment, Retention and Succession Planning / Karen Edge
14.Getting Beyond Our Fixation with Leaders' Behaviours: Engaging with Leading Practice for Real / James P. Spillane
15.Leading Effective Pedagogy / Daniel Muijs
Contents note continued: 16.Leading Future Pedagogies / Jill Jameson
International Comparisons: Good or Misunderstood? / Michelle S. Jones

A first-of-its-kind book on educational leadership with a global perspective
This book offers multiple perspectives on educational leadership from the viewpoint of scholars, policymakers, and practitioners. It considers leadership in context and highlights the importance of cultural influences in shaping and forming leadership practices.
It is primarily concerned with ‘leading futures’ and the challenges faced by leading schools and school systems in an era of fast-paced technological change. It looks at leadership practices across four different levels (system, professional, leader, and learner) and explores the connections therein. The book argues that these four levels are often viewed and described independently but in reality, they are inherently interconnected and integrally related.
In short, this book takes a multilevel, multicultural, and multi contextual look at contemporary educational–leadership practice. Through this comparative lens, it presents new ideas, knowledge, and insights that would be relevant and ultimately useful to educational leaders around the globe.

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