Educational Leadership for Organisational Learning and Improved Student Outcomes
The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection and encourage membe
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STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP VOLUME 3 Series Editor Kenneth Leithwood, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada Editorial Board Christopher Day, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Stephen Jacobson, Graduate School of Education, Buffalo, U.S.A. Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Peter Sleegers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands
SCOPE OF THE SERIES Leadership we know makes all the difference in success or failures of organizations. This series will bring together in a highly readable way the most recent insights in successful leadership. Emphasis will be placed on research focused on pre-collegiate educational organizations. Volumes should address issues related to leadership at all levels of the educational system and be written in a style accessible to scholars, educational practitioners and policy makers throughout the world. The volumes – monographs and edited volumes – should represent work from different parts in the world.
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING AND IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES by
WILLIAM MULFORD University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
HALIA SILINS Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia and
KENNETH LEITHWOOD OISE/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
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List of tables
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List of figures
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SECTION 1: THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES CHAPTER 1
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF LEADERSHIP FOR ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING AND IMPROVED STUDENT OUTCOMES Introduction Sorting the Wheat From the Chaff The Evidence Four Implications Conclusion: No Need to Continue to Build in Canvas? Organization of the Book
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SECTION 2: USING THE BOOK CHAPTER 2
PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING: A VEHICLE FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL LEADERS Introduction Why Problem-Based Learning? Before, During, and After a One-Day Workshop Before, During, and After a Two-Day Workshop
CHAPTER 3 GROUP DEVELOPMENT AND WARM-UP ACTIVITIES Introduction: Lose Time To Gain Time Ice-Breaker Interdependence Trading v
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SECTION 3: THE PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING PACKAGE CHAPTER 4 WORKSHOP PROBLEM/SITUATION OUTLINE Forward Situation/Problem Product/Performance Specifications Learning Objectives Resources Guiding Questions
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CHAPTER 5
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