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OverviewAlma Harris The ?eld of school leadership is currently preoccupied with the idea of distributed leadership. Few ideas, it seems, have provoked as much attention, debate and c- troversy. Whatever your position on distributed leadership, and you cannot fail to have one, it is irrefutable that distributed leadership has become the leadership idea of the moment. Yet, it is an idea that can be traced back as far as the mid 20s and possibly earlier. So why the interest? Part of the answer can be found in a move away from theorizing and empirical enquiry focused on the single leader. This shift has undoubtedly been fuelled by structural changes, within schools and across school systems that have resulted in - ternative models or forms of leadership practice. Evidence highlights how those - cupying formal leadership positions are increasingly recognizing the limitations of existing structural arrangements to secure organizational growth and transformation (Fullan et al. , 2007; Harris et al. , 2008; Chapman et al. , 2008). As a consequence, many heads and principals are actively restructuring, realigning and redesigning leadership practice in their school (Harris, 2008). While the terminology to describe such changes varies, the core principle is one of extending or sharing leadership practice. While scholars have long argued for the need to move beyond those at the top of organizations in order to examine leadership (Barnard, 1968; Katz and Kahn, 1966) until relatively recently, much of the school leadership literature has tended tofocusupontheheadortheprincipal. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Alma HarrisPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009 Volume: 7 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048181957ISBN 10: 904818195 Pages: 254 Publication Date: 28 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsSetting the Scene.- Distributed Leadership: What We Know.- Empirical Perspectives.- Investigating Connections Between Distributed Leadership and Instructional Change.- Taking a Distributed Perspective in Studying School Leadership and Management: The Challenge of Study Operations.- The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Teachers’ Academic Optimism.- Distributed Leadership in Schools: Does System Policy Make a Difference?.- Practical Perspective.- Capacity Building Through Layered Leadership: Sustaining the Turnaround.- The Relationship Between Distributed Leadership and Action Learning in Schools: A Case Study.- Conceptual Theoretical.- The Role of Sensemaking and Trust in Developing Distributed Leadership.- Distributed Leadership: Democracy or Delivery?.- Future Perspectives.- From Distributed to Hybrid Leadership Practice.- Fit for Purpose: An Educationally Relevant Account of Distributed Leadership.- Coda.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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