The Changing Nature of Instructional Leadership in the 21st Century Shoho

The Changing Nature of Instructional Leadership in the 21st CenturyAuthor(s): Alan R. Shoho, Bruce G. Barnett, Autumn Tooms Cypres\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781617359392, 978-1617359392\nSynopsis\nThis third book in International Research on School Leadership, focuses on the changing nature of instructional leadership in the 21st century. Our goal is to examine instructional leadership from multiple educational and international perspectives. Unlike many leadership books that focus on conceptualizations and personal narratives, the seven chapters provide empirical evidence of how instructional leadership is evolving in the 21st century. From the effective schools research of the 1980s to todays relentless calls for improved student performance, attention has focused on the instructional leadership roles and responsibilities of school principals, headteachers, and educational system leaders. The .