Leadership Preparation and Development
Essential Reading
Eacott, S. (2011). Preparing ‘educational’ leaders in managerialist times: An Australian story. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 43(1), 43-59.
Suggested Reading
Clarke, S., & Wildy, H. (2010). Preparing for principalship from the crucible of experience: Reflecting on theory, practice and research. Journal of Educational Administration and History, 42(1), 1-16. doi: 10.1080/00220620903462116
Gunter, H., & Thomson, P. (2009). The makeover: A new logic in leadership development in England. Educational Review, 61(4), 469-483. doi: 10.1080/00131910903404020
Focus Question
To what extent do you think leadership preparation and development programs should engage current and aspiring leaders in the ?conversation of the world??
Policy and Practice
Essential Reading
Cranston, N., Kimber, M., Mulford, B., Reid, A., & Keating, J. (2010). Politics and school education in Australia: A case of shifting purposes. Journal of Educational Administration, 48(2), 182-195.
Suggested Reading
Ball, S. J. (2003). The teacher’s soul and the terrors of performativity. Journal of Education Policy, 18(2), 215-228. doi: 10.1080/0268093022000043065
Lingard, B. (2010). Policy borrowing, policy learning: Testing times in Australian schooling. Critical Studies in Education, 51(2), 129-147. doi: 10.1080/17508481003731026
Focus Question
How do you see the purposes of education, as defined in government policy, influencing the work of educational leaders?
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