Leadership for Professional Learning: Perspectives, Constructs and Connections

This book explores the connections between educational leadership and professional learning, challenging the notion that leadership is the sole purview of those in positions of status. It includes conceptual and empirical pieces from multiple vantage points, contributing to future practice and research.

Format: Hardback
Length: 286 pages
Publication date: 26 December 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This comprehensive book explores the intricate relationships between educational leadership, which can be exercised by educators and students alike, and professional learning, which is undertaken by educators to enhance teaching and learning within educational contexts. The book is structured around two comprehensive reviews of the academic literature, which provide a broad overview of the published literature as well as a focused examination of how this work intersects with issues of educational equity. The remaining chapters, which encompass both conceptual and empirical pieces, delve into various perspectives of leadership for professional learning, including student leadership, teacher leadership, senior leadership, and shared leadership across roles. Collectively, these chapters challenge the prevailing notion that leadership is solely the domain of individuals in positions of authority and honor the complex interplay between students, teachers, and senior leaders that shape teaching and learning outcomes. By doing so, they provide valuable insights for both practitioners and researchers in the field.

All but one of the chapters in this book were originally published in the esteemed journal, Professional Development in Education.

Weight: 707g
Dimension: 246 x 174 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032412979