Questioning Leadership by Gabriele Lakomski, Scott Eacott, Co... - 9781138327399

Taylor & Francis

Questioning LeadershipNew directions for educational organisations\nAuthor(s): Gabriele Lakomski, Scott Eacott, Colin W. Evers\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138327399, 978-1138327399\nSynopsis\nQuestioning Leadership offers a diverse mix of cutting-edge research in the field of educational leadership, with contributions from expert and emerging leadership scholars. It contextualises school leadership within broader social and historical contexts and traces its influence on school performance through time, from its relatively modest role within a systems theory paradigm to its growing influence from the 1980s onwards, as exercising leadership came to be perceived as being largely responsible for improving educational outcomes.\n\nThis book invites the reader to challenge the current orthodoxy of leader-centrism and instead reflect more broadly on the various structural and institutional interrelationships that.