School leadership and administration : adopting a cultural perspective

School leadership and administration : adopting a cultural perspective / edited by Allan Walker and Clive Dimmock.

This text calls for a broader approach to comparative educational administration: one which uses culture as the principle means of analysis. The articles collected by Allan Walker and Clive Dimmock detail the educational practices and outcomes of other systems while taking into account the mediating...

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Other Authors: Walker, Allan, 1956-, Dimmock, Clive A. J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2002.
Series:Reference books in international education.
Subjects:
Educational leadership > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
School management and organization > Social aspects > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational anthropology > Cross-cultural studies.
EDUCATION > Administration > General.
Educational anthropology
Educational leadership > Social aspects
School management and organization > Social aspects
Schulverwaltung
Kulturvergleich
Schulleitung
Electronic books.
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Edwin M. Bridges
  • Introduction: Societal cultural context of educational administration and leadership / Allan Walker, Clive Dimmock
  • Part I: Conceptualizing and researching the influence of societal culture
  • Cross-cultural and comparative insights into educational administration and leadership: an initial framework / Allan Walker, Clive Dimmock
  • Educational leadership: taking account of complex global and cultural contexts / Clive Dimmock
  • Western-centric perspectives on values and leadership: cultural isomorphs of educational administration / Paul Begley
  • Learning and teaching: a cross-cultural perspective / David Watkins
  • Issues in the investigation of school leadership across cultures / Ron Heck
  • Part II: The influence of societal cutlure on schools and school leadership
  • Leadership, learning, and the challenge to democracy: the cases of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States / John MacBeath
  • Educational change in Thailand: opening a window onto leadership as a cultural process / Philip Hallinger, Pornkasem Kantamara
  • Shaping the curriculum in Hong Kong: contexts and cultures / Paul Morris, Lo Mun Ling
  • Leadership in high achieving schools in Singapore: the influence of societal culture / Leslie Sharp, Saravanan Gopinathan
  • Leadership and culture in Chineses education / Tony Bush, Qiang Haiyan
  • School leadership in English schools: portraits, puzzles, and identity / Geoff Southworth
  • Hong Kong principals' dilemmas: basic management and consequence / Allan Walker
  • Conclusion: Embedding societal culture in the study of educational leadership / Clive Dimmock, Alan Walker.

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