Leadership In Diverse Learning Contexts (studies In Educational Leadership)
by Greer Johnson /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book presents the outcomes of research and practical
endeavour in some of the diverse contexts in which learning takes
place: classrooms, schools, professional development settings,
community projects and service sector agencies. It invites the
reader to engage with two related questions of contemporary
concern in the leadership field:
This book presents the outcomes of research and practical
endeavour in some of the diverse contexts in which learning takes
place: classrooms, schools, professional development settings,
community projects and service sector agencies. It invites the
reader to engage with two related questions of contemporary
concern in the leadership field:
"What can we learn about the important influence of different
contexts on leadership practice and how are people brought
together as collective human agents in different patterns of
distributive leadership?"
"What can we learn about the important influence of different
contexts on leadership practice and how are people brought
together as collective human agents in different patterns of
distributive leadership?"
In doing so, this collection emphasises three of the critical
concepts at play when leadership is viewed, not as position, but
as activity. The three concepts are purpose, context and human
agency. When this view of leadership is understood, it is always
about achieving shared goals with people power, no matter the
circumstances in which they are gathered together.
In doing so, this collection emphasises three of the critical
concepts at play when leadership is viewed, not as position, but
as activity. The three concepts are purpose, context and human
agency. When this view of leadership is understood, it is always
about achieving shared goals with people power, no matter the
circumstances in which they are gathered together.
