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  • Effective Schooling for the Community

    Core-Plus Education

    by Tony Townsend ...
    This book offers a new perspective on the management of schools by bringing together the knowledge and understanding of school effectiveness and community education. Tony Townsend argues that the core activity of the school, to provide a learning environment for children, should be supplemented by educational activities that service the needs of the community as a whole. He offers a model for the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Leadership and Literacy

    Principals, Partnerships and Pathways to Improvement

    by Neil Dempster, Tony Townsend, Greer Johnson, Anne Bayetto, Susan Lovett, Elizabeth Stevens ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book focuses on what school leaders need to know and understand about leadership for learning, and for learning to read in particular. It brings together theory, research and practice on leadership for literacy. The book reports on the findings from six studies that followed school principals from their involvement in a professional learning program consisting of five modules on leadership ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • International Perspectives on Teacher Education

    Edited by Tony Townsend ...
    This book explores major factors impacting on teacher education in recent times. It uses examples from a broad range of international contributors who compare larger countries such as the USA, England and Australia with their smaller partners: Canada, Scotland and New Zealand, demonstrating the substantial differences existent in all three cases. They also contrast the approaches of the countries ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning in Schools

    Understanding Theories of Leading

    Edited by Tony Townsend ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    This book offers a nuanced understanding of how two different theories of leadership can be applied to achieve better results within schools. These leadership theories – Instructional Leadership and Leadership for Learning – have assisted our recent understanding of school leadership. This book interrogates the theories themselves as well as their impact on education systems around the world. It ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • The Primary School in Changing Times

    The Australian Experience

    Edited by Tony Townsend ...
    Following substantial changes throughout the Australian education system, primary schools are no longer in the protected position of having a regulated flow of clients, a pre-determined curriculum and marginal levels of staff development. Recent moves have brought new or increased responsibilities for all schools in areas such as: *curriculum and policy development *staff development *monitoring ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Restructuring and Quality: Issues for Tomorrow's Schools

    Edited by Tony Townsend ...
    The restructuring of schools systems across the world has been controversial. Have reforms been driven by a desire to cut educational budgets or the need to improve the quality of educational provision? This book explores the restructuring movement, with a particular emphasis on how decentralisation of power has affected the quality of education. It provides a broad and international picture of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • International Handbook of Leadership for Learning

    Edited by John MacBeath, Tony Townsend ...
    Series Book 25 - Springer International Handbooks of Education
    The International Handbook of Leadership for Learning brings together chapters by distinguished authors from thirty-one countries in nine different regions of the world. The handbook contains nine sections that provide regional overviews; a consideration of theoretical and contextual aspects; system and policy approaches that promote leadership for learning with a focus on educating school leaders ... Read more

    $755.09 USD

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  • Leading and Managing Schools

    Edited by Helen O′Sullivan, John West-Burnham ...
    School leadership and management are fundamental components of school improvement. This is the first study of its kind to relate the principles of effective leadership to the broad spectrum of school life in Ireland.A key resource for school leaders in their personal and professional study, this book critically appraises issues in leading and managing schools. The editors bring together an array ... Read more

    $74.69 USD

  • Leadership and Strategic Management in Education

    by Tony Bush, Marianne Coleman ...
    Series series Centre for Educational Leadership and Management
    `This is one of very few texts to give recognition to the difficulties in large institutions and to give practical advice about the degree to which collegiality can be built into strategic planning. The authors provide an overview of all aspects of leadership within education, giving ample references within each section for more detailed study′ - Mentoring and Tutoring`The book would constitute a ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Professional Development, Reflection and Enquiry

    by Fiona Patrick, Christine Forde, Margery McMahon, Alastair D McPhee ...
    ′Wow, this book has some inspiring ideas... It comes at a perfect time as schools try to mesh school improvement with performance management, new standards for various career stages and staff development... Well written, with an attractive layout and a consistently clear voice, it draws on wide and up-to-date research and writing from all parts of the United Kingdom... There are no easy answers in ... Read more

    $87.29 USD

  • Multi-agency Working in the Early Years

    Challenges and Opportunities

    by Michael Gasper ...
    What does working in partnership look like in practice?Getting multi-agency working right is an exciting but challenging goal in early years care and education; this book suggests ways to draw together the different professional ideas, methods and targets.Enhancing the delivery of services to children, parents and communities is essential if we are to address the detrimental effects of poverty and ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Principles of School Leadership

    Edited by Mark Brundrett ...
    ′This book is an excellent resource for graduate students in educational leadership programmes. Clearly written chapters and sections are contributed by an array of internationally recognized senior scholars of educational leadership. Connections between leadership concepts and practices are presented clearly and thoroughly, with particular attention to the development of leaders′-Ken Brien, Ed.D. ... Read more

    $70.19 USD