the challenges of contemporary school leadership /
Brian Fidler and Tessa Atton.
New York :
RoutledgeFalmer,
2004.
1 online resource (viii, 248 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; History and theories of leadership; Recent developments in headship; Development of leadership thought and its application to schools; Learning and playing the game: current headship practice; Learning about the job of headship and its contemporary demands; Understanding the external demands; Understanding the internal demands; Selecting and supporting headteachers; Achieving headship; The career of headship; Life cycle of a head: becoming a head; Life cycle of a head: being a head; Playing longer.
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This book describes what it means to be a headteacher, what current headship entails and how prospective headteachers prepare themselves for headship. Underlying is the question of what could be done to support and make headship attractive.
eBook Library
EBL181851
Headship game.
0415277817
Educational leadership-- Great Britain.
School management and organization-- Great Britain.