Challenges and opportunities of educational leadership research and practice : the state of the field and its multiple futures

As the sixth volume in the International Research on School Leadership series, the contributing authors in this volume consider the history, challenges, and opportunities of the field of research and practice in educational leadership and administration in schools and districts. Ten years after the...

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Other Authors Bowers, Alex J. (Editor), Shoho, Alan R. (Editor), Barnett, Bruce G. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
SeriesInternational research on school leadership.
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Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806610853
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-276-8
Physical Description1 online resource (vii, 254 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • The multiple futures of the field of educational leadership research and practice : An Introduction / Alex J. Bowers, Alan R. Shoho, and Bruce G. Barnett
  • Four decades of collective leadership : The connection between leadership theories of action and student achievemen / Chase Nordengren
  • Tensions and contradictions in approaches to improving urban inner-city schools in the United States / D. Gavin Luter
  • Current research on arab female educational leaders : Career and leadership : A review of extant literature and future directions for research / Khalid Arar and Izhar Oplatka
  • Challenges and opportunities for education leadership scholarship : A methodological critique / Peter Goff and Maida Finch
  • Advancing educational leadership research using qualitative comparative analysis (qca) / Katherine Marie Caves, Johannes Meuer, and Christian Rupietta
  • Viable and effective alternatives : Preparing leaders for non-traditional schools / Kristy S. Cooper and Kate Rollert
  • Preparing leaders in an era of school turnarounds : The promise of university/district partnerships as a lever for program improvement / Chad R. Lochmiller, Colleen E. Chesnut, and Molly S. Stewart
  • Mostly unpunctuated disequilibrium / Carolyn J. Riehl.