Leading Futures : Global Perspectives on Educational Leadership

284 Pages·2016·2.17 MB·English

by  Harris, Alma Jones, Michelle S.

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Advance Praise
School leaders can play powerful roles in igniting student learning,
but all too often policy-makers have advocated technical approaches
to leadership development that are blind to the cultural and con-
textual dynamics of schools. Leading Futures provides the intellec-
tual armamentarium for a refreshing contrast to this general pattern.
Based upon an ambitious international study of school leadership
practices—including those in under-investigated nations such as
Indonesia, Malaysia and Russia—the authors provide a series of
nuanced analysis in a single book that will catapult the whole field of
educational leadership forward. This book is true tour de force that
will be read and re-read many times by all of us endeavouring to keep
abreast of the exciting new transformations in education around the
world today.
Dennis Shirley
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Educational Change
Professor, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Co-author of The Global Forth Way
Leadership is undoubtedly one of the most important factors in pro-
ducing successful and widespread educational change. But leader-
ship does not look the same in all contexts and cultures. Leading
Futures brings together scholars and writers on educational lead-
ership from around the world to remind us that more and better
comparative studies are needed that look at leadership from many
angles. The editors of this book are themselves leaders of change on
a global scale. Like them, this book challenges all of us to rethink
all the things we thought were universally true about leadership and
its effectiveness. A mustread for anyone who wants to extend their
understanding of leadership beyond their own domain.
Andy Hargreaves
Brennan Chair, Lynch School of Education, Boston College
Adviser to the Premier and Minister of Education of Ontario
Co-author of Professional Capital
While it has been readily acknowledged for some time that school
leaders play a significant role in educational success, their roles and
quality of leadership have become even more significant in the
present context of important new demands being made on schools,
teachers and pupils. Significant and ambitious reform initiatives are
being launched by governments globally in response to globaliza-
tion’s opportunities and challenges.
Leading Futures is a very welcome contribution to studying lead-
ership challenges in this new context. Drawing on an international
study of school leadership, its careful attention to the interplay of cul-
ture and context throws up interesting insights, which will move the
study and practice of school leadership forward in significant ways.
An important new book that deserves wide readership and careful
study.
S. Gopinathan
Adjunct Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore
Founding Editor, Asia Pacific Journal of Education
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F U T U R E S
Global Perspectives on
Educational Leadership
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
International Comparisons: Critique, Culture and Context xiii
Alma Harris and Michelle S. Jones
Section 1: System Level
Leading Futures: System Transformation 3
1. Who’s Afraid of PISA: The Fallacy of International
Assessments of System Performance 7
Yong Zhao
2. Economic Development and Competitiveness:
A Primary Driver of School Reform Policy in the USA 22
Janet H. Chrispeels
3. Innovative Schools and Their Role in the Education
Policy Cycle in Russia 37
Isak Froumin and Anatoly Kasprzhak
4. School Leadership Development in Hong Kong:
Taking a Retrospective and Prospective View on
Policy and Practice 48
Paula Kwan
5. Movers and Shapers: Reframing System Leadership
for the 21st Century 62
Anthony Mackay and Albert Bertani