Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning in Schools: Understanding Theories of Leading

Chapter 1. Changing Understandings of School Leadership; Tony Townsend.- PART I. Theoretical Approaches to Leading SchoolsChapter 2. Instructional Leadership; David Ng Foo SeongChapter 3. Leadership for Learning; John MacBeathPART II. International Responses to the TheoryChapter 4. Australian Considerations in Relation to Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning; David GurrChapter 5. Leadership for Learning in the US; David Imig, South Holden and Dale PlacekChapter 6. Leading Learning in Schools in Challenging Times: Findings from Research in Portugal; Maria Assunção Flores Fernandes and Fernando Ilídio FerreiraPART III. Responding to the Theory.Chapter 7. Future-Ready Leadership Development; David Ng Foo SeongChapter 8. Professional Autonomy and the Future of Leadership for Learning in Australia; Brian J. CaldwellChapter 9. Leaders of Learning: Recovering the Pedagogical Role of School Leaders and Promoting Leadership at All Levels in Scotland; Margery McMahonChapter 10. Instructional Leadership Development for Principals: A South African Context; Parvathy Naidoo and Raj MestryPART IV. Practising School Leadership: Putting the Theories into PracticeChapter 11. Principals as Literacy Leaders (PALL): Leading Learning by Improving Instructional Practices in AustraliaChapter 12. Promoting Teacher Collaborative Learning in Lesson Study: Exploring and Interpreting Leadership to Create Professional Learning Community; Toshiya Chichibu, Tetsuro Uchizaki, Yumiko OnoChapter 13. Creating and Leading Powerful Learning Relationships Through a Whole School Community Approach; George OteroChapter 14. The Power of Collective Leadership for Learning; Suzanne Cridge.- Chapter 15. Leading Place-Based Interventions to Improve Outcomes in Low Socio-economic Settings; Christopher Chapman, Alison Drever, Maureen McBridge, Craig Orr and Sarah WeakleyPART V. Summary and Conclusions: What Do We Now Know About School Leadership?Chapter 16. Leadership for Learning: Embracing Purpose, People, Pedagogy and Place; Neil Dempster