School Leadership in Malaysia: Policy, Research and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780367566074 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 194 str.

Tony Bush

Opis

This new book provides a comprehensive overview of school leadership in Malaysia, at a time when effective leadership is widely recognised to be an essential component of successful schools. It is essential reading for postgraduate students and researchers interested in educational leadership and management, and school reform.

Spis treści

1. School Leadership and Policy Reform: Global and Malaysian PerspectivesTony Bush2. Contextual Awareness and Sensemaking among Malaysian School Principals: From Leaders to LeadershipMohammad Noman3. Internal and External Support for Malaysian PrincipalsLokman Mohd Tahir, Mohammed Borhandden Musah and Mohd Fadzli Ali 4. International School Principals in Malaysia: Local and Global Factors Impacting on LeadershipLucy Bailey and Mark T. Gibson5. Constructing the Concept of High Performing School Leadership: A Malaysian PerspectiveShahrizal Norwawi6. Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices: Ideals and RealitiesDonnie Adams et al.7. Middle Leadership: The Head of Department’s Instructional Leadership RoleSimin Ghavifekr8. Distributed Leadership in a Centralised Context: The Case of MalaysiaTony Bush and Ashley Yoon Mooi Ng9. School-based Leadership and Professional Learning Communities in MalaysiaHenry Koge10. Principal Preparation and Development: A Malaysian PerspectiveAshley Yoon Mooi Ng11. Leadership and Student Outcomes: Evidence from MalaysiaJosephine Chay12. Conclusion: School Leadership in Malaysia: Past, Present and FutureTony Bush

O autorze

Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership at Nottingham, with responsibilities in the UK and Malaysia. He is President and a Council member of the British Educational Leadership Society (BELMAS) and has been the editor of the SSCI-listed international journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (EMAL) since 2002. His previous experience includes professorial appointments at the universities of Leicester, Reading, Lincoln and Warwick. He was presented with the BELMAS Distinguished Service Award in 2008 and appointed as a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM) in the same year. He has been a consultant, external examiner, invited keynote speaker or research director in 23 countries.