Leading and Managing in Education

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Organise and articulate a line of argument in speech, writing and other appropriate media using relevant specialist vocabulary.
• Critically discuss the issue of gender and diversity in educational leadership.
• Systematically analyse educational leadership and management concepts and reflect on the broader education policy contexts.
• Reflect on the relationships between leadership and teachers' professional development as well as students' learning.
• Discuss in an informed manner the diversity of leadership approaches and policy within different education contexts (national and international perspectives).

• Distinguishing Leadership and Management;
• Leadership and Management Theories;
• Researching Instructional Leadership/ Leadership for Learning: evidence from an international perspective;
• Leadership, Professional Learning and Development;
• Leading Learning through Mentoring and Coaching;
• Teacher Leadership;
• Understanding Policy and Educational Leadership;
• Leadership, Gender and Diversity

Teaching and learning methods

Normally, the two hour face-to-face sessions are mainly 'tutor led in lecture format', followed by seminars which create a platform for students' engagement and interaction (e.g., through group discussion, debates, case studies). All students will be offered the opportunity of a face-to-face tutorial with the tutor(s) to discuss the assignment topic.

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

The challenge of leadership: ethnicity and gender among school leaders in England, Malaysia and Pakistan. In Miller, P. Cultures of Educational Leadership: Global and Interculture Perspectives. Pages 95 - 119.

Journal Articles

Rhodes, C. and Brundrett, M. (2009). Leadership development and school improvement. Educational Review, 6(4).

Lumby, J. and Morrison, M. (2010). Leadership and diversity: theory and research. School Leadership and Management, 30(1).

Kelly, A. (2004). The intellectual capital of schools: analysing government policy statements on school improvement in light of a new theorization. Journal of Education Policy, 19(5).

Bush, T. (2007). Educational leadership and management: theory, policy and practice. South African Journal of Education, 27(3).

Kaparou, M. and Bush, T. (2016). Instructional leadership in Greek and English outstanding schools. International Journal of Educational Management, 30(6).

Day, C. Sammons, P., Hopkins, D., Leithwood, K and Kington, A. (2008). Research into the impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes: policy and research contexts. School Leadership & Management, 28(1).

Muijs, D. and Harris, A. (2006). Teacher led school improvement: Teacher leadership in the UK. Teaching and Teacher Education, 22(8).

Textbooks

MacBeath, J. and Dempster, N. (2009). Connecting Leadership and Learning: Principles and Practice. London: Routledge.

Northouse, P.G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and Practice. London: SAGE Publications.

Yuki, G. A. (2013). Leadership in Organisations. Harlow: Pearson.

Bush, T., Bell, L. and Middlewood, D. (2010). The Principles of Educational Leadership & Management. London: SAGE.

Dimmock, C. (2012). Leadership, Capacity Building and School Improvement Concepts, Themes and Impact. London: Routledge.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External