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Educational Leadership : Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times, Hardback Book

Educational Leadership : Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times Hardback

Edited by Steven (University of Manchester, UK) Courtney, Ruth (Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Policy at the University of Manchester) McGinity, Helen (University of Manchester, UK) Gunter

Part of the Critical Studies in Educational Leadership, Management and Administration series

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Educational Leadership brings together innovative perspectives on the crucial role of theory and theorising in educational leadership at a time when the multiple pressures of marketisation, competition and system fragmentation dominate the educational landscape.

This original and highly thought-provoking edited collection is a much-needed counterbalance to the anti-theoretical trends that have underpinned recent education reforms. Contributors employ a range of theories in original and innovate ways in order to reveal the lived experiences of what it means to be an educational leader at a time of rapid modernisation, where the conceptual terrain of ‘modern’ has been appropriated by corporate and private interests, where notions of ‘public’ are not only hidden, but also derided, and where school leaders must meet the conflicting demands of competing accountabilities.

Drawing on research projects conducted in the UK, Educational Leadership presents convincing evidence that the need to consider theory crosses national borders, and the authors discuss changes to professional identities and practices that researchers around the world will recognise. This detailed and insightful work will appeal to academics, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of education and sociology, as well as those with an interest in organisational and political theory.

The topical subject matter also makes the book of relevance to practitioners and policy-makers in education and the public services more generally.

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