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Title Perspectives on school leadership in Asia Pacific contexts / Salleh Hairon, Jonathan Wee Pin Goh, editors
Published Singapore : Springer, [2019]

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Contents Intro; Contents; Editors and Contributors; 1 Introduction: School Leadership and Its Contexts; Summary of Chapters; References; 2 Understanding Distributed Leadership Practices in the Cultural Context of Singapore Schools; Introduction; The Emergence of Distributed Leadership in Education; Understanding DL in the Cultural Context of Singapore; Purpose of the Study; Methodology; Findings; Discussion; Do We Really Stand as Equals?-The Tensions of Hierarchy Power; Connecting the Past with the Current and Future-Actions and Challenges; A Regulated Gratification of Desires-Need for Some Control
ConclusionReferences; 3 Leading and Managing Schools in Indonesia: Historical, Political and Socio-cultural Forces; Introduction; Earlier Developments; Expansion of Education; Recent Trends; Conclusion; References; 4 Changing Practices of School Leadership in Taiwan: Evolving Education Reforms; Introduction; Education Reform Context; The First Wave of Education Reform; The Second Wave of Education Reform; The Third Wave of Education Reform; Practices and Challenges of School Leadership for the Three-Wave Reforms; Shared and Empowering Leadership Enacted Since the Mid-1990s
Curriculum and Instructional Leadership Emphasized in the 2000sLeadership for Learning Advocated in the 2010s; Looking to the Future; Conclusion; References; 5 System-Wide Educational Reform Agenda in Shanghai Supporting Leadership for Learning; Introduction; System Leadership Supporting Leadership for Learning; A Fundamental Shift of Education and Reforms in Shanghai; A Systems Approach in Policy-Making and Implementation; Principals' Instructional Leadership; Teacher Professional Learning and Development System; The Research Study; Findings
Theme 1: Consistent System Leadership and Strategic AlignmentTheme 2: Principal Instructional Leadership; Theme 3: Teacher Empowerment and Leadership; Theme 4: Leadership for Focused Teacher Collaboration and Shared Responsibility; Discussions; Conclusion; References; 6 Leadership for Teacher Professional Learning: A Case Study of Two 'New-High-Quality' Primary Schools in Shanghai; Introduction; Educational Reform in China; The Relationship Between School Leadership and Teacher Professional Learning; Method; Data Collection and Analysis; Findings and Discussions
Professional Learning Opportunities and ResourcesDistributed Leadership for Collaborative Learning; Monitoring the Effectiveness of Teacher Learning; Committing Teachers to Professional Learning; Discussion and Conclusion; Conclusion; References; 7 Vulnerability as a Gear for School Reform: A Case of Mr. Toshiaki Ose; Introduction: Issues Surrounding Children in Japan; What Is Vulnerability?; Henry Nouwen's Theoretical Framing; Method; Loneliness as a Source of Vulnerability and Basis of Unity; Hospitality as Unity and Care; Leader as Vulnerable; Discussion and Conclusion; References
Summary This book casts a refreshingly new light on current literature on school leadership, which has predominantly been viewed through Western lenses. Accordingly, key concepts and theories on leadership and school leadership have primarily been generated from thinking and research in the Western sphere. This is problematic, considering the fact that the leadership concept or construct, and its practices, are significantly influenced and shaped by contexts, and even situations. However, there are various contextual conditions and forces that can separately or collectively affect how school leadership is understood and practiced, including social, cultural, historical, geographical, economic and political conditions. In response, the book seeks to provide readers a better awareness of how the leadership construct or phenomenon is shaped by the varying contexts constantly affecting school leadership, while specifically focusing on the Asia Pacific region. In turn, it highlights various Asia Pacific contexts that shape school leadership, so as to 'speak back' to existing theories on school leadership
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 27, 2019)
Subject Educational leadership -- Asia
Educational leadership -- Pacific Area
Educational leadership
Asia
Pacific Area
Form Electronic book
Author Hairon, Salleh, editor
Goh, Jonathan Wee Pin, editor
ISBN 9789813291607
9813291605