Redefining Educational Leadership in Central Asia: Selected Cases from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

Educational institutions in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have undergone significant changes and reforms since their independence, with an increasing emphasis on redefining and reconceptualizing the role of leadership to facilitate these reforms. Redefining Educational Leadership in Central Asia provides a research-based account of these reforms, featuring the voices, views, experiences, and reflections of educational leaders from both secondary schools and higher education institutions. The book offers valuable insights into the fundamental educational reforms, leadership policies, practices, and performance in Kyrgyzstan's higher education system.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 21 March 2024
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Educational institutions within the post-soviet independent states of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have undergone significant transformations and educational reforms since their independence. The rapid pace of technological advancements, economic globalization, and increased migration and mobility of students have prompted Central Asian governments to revamp their education systems, encompassing both secondary schools and higher education institutions such as universities. Consequently, there has been a growing emphasis on reimagining and reconceptualizing the role of leadership to effectively facilitate and guide the reform process.

In order to provide a comprehensive and research-based account of the educational reforms occurring in these countries, Redefining Educational Leadership in Central Asia brings together the perspectives, insights, experiences, and reflections of educational leaders from both secondary schools and higher education institutions in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The chapters in this book offer valuable insights into the fundamental educational reforms shaping school leadership in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, educational leadership policies and practices, the myths and realities of school development planning, and the performance of university leaders in Kyrgyzstan's higher education system.

This book offers a novel and distinctive perspective on educational leadership, focusing on Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan from a non-western lens. It serves as a valuable resource for policymakers, researchers, graduate students, and practitioners, enabling them to draw from the strategic visions presented while reviewing and revising leadership policies and practices in the context of rapid changes and heightened expectations from these leaders.

Weight: 446g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781837973910