EDU 503 Leadership for School Improvement: Reading list

Carter, H.M. (2013). Creating effective community partnerships for school improvement: a guide for school leaders. New York: Routledge.

Fullan, M. (2001). Leading in a culture of change.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.  

Harris, A & Bennett, N. (2001). School effectiveness and school improvement alternative perspectives. London: Continuum.

Leithwood, K & Hallinger, P (2002). Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Administration: part one / part two. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Alma, H. & Linda, L. (2003). Building leadership capacity for school improvement. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education.

Bowers, A.J., Shoho, A.R. & Barnet, B.G. (2016). Challenges and opportunities of educational leadership research and practice: the state of the field and its multiple futures. Charlotte, NC: New Age Publishing. 

English, F.W., (2011). The Sage handbook of educational leadership: advanced in theory, research and practice. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publication.

Papa, R. (2011). Technology leadership for school improvement. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.

Blasé, J. & Blasé, J. (2000). Effective instructional leadership. Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 38(2), pp. 130-141.

Bolden, et.al. (2003). A review of leadership theory and competency framework. Exeter: University of Exeter. Open resource

Bush, T. (2007). Educational leadership and management: theory, policy, and practice. South African Journal of Education, vol. 27(3), pp. 391-406.

Bush, T. (2008). ‘Models of educational leadership’, in. T. Bush & M. Coleman. Leadership and management development in education. London: Sage Publications, pp. 9-23.

Chapman, J. D. (2010). Recruitment, retention, development of school principals. Paris: IIEP. Open resource

Collinson, D. & Tourish, D. (2015). Teaching leadership critically: new directions for leadership pedagogy. Academy of Management Learning & Education. vol. 14(4), pp. 576-594.

David, S.A. & Abukari, A., (2020). Perspectives of teachers on selection and development of school leaders in the UAE. International Journal of Educational Management, vol. 34(1), pp. 56-69. 

Day, C., Harris, A., Hadfield, M., Tolley, H. & Beresford, J. (2000). Leading schools in times of change. pp.159-178.

Gardner, W, Avolio, B, Kuthans, F. May, D. & Walumba, F. (2005). Can you see the real me? A self-based model of authentic leader and follower development. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 16,  pp. 343–372. 

Gurr, D. (2015). A model of successful school leadership from the international successful school principal project. Societies, vol. 5, pp. 136-150.

Hallinger, P. & Heck, R (2002). ‘What do you call people with vision: the role of vision, mission and goals in school leadership and improvement’, in P.Hallinger & K.A. Leithwood. Second international handbook of educational leadership and administration, pp. 9-40. Dordrecht: Kluwer.

Heck, R. & Hallinger, P. (2005). The study of educational leadership and management: where does the field stand today? Educational Management Administration & Leadership, vol. 33(2), pp. 229–244.

Hallinger, P. & Heck, R.H. (2010). Collaborative leadership and school improvement: understanding the impact on school capacity and student learning. School Leadership and Management, vol.30(2), pp. 95-110.

Harris, A. & Bennett, N. (2001). School effectiveness and school improvement alternative perspectives. London: Continuum.

Harris, A. (2004). Distributed leadership and school improvement. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, vol. 32(1), pp. 11-24.

Houchens, G.W. & Keedy, J.L. (2009). Theories of practice: understanding the practice of educational leadership. Journal of Thought, Fall-Winter, pp. 49-61.

House, R., Wright, N. & Aditya, R. (1997). ‘Cross-cultural research on organizational leadership: a critical analysis and proposed theory’, in Earley, C. & Erez, M (eds). New perspectives on international industrial/organizational  psychology.  San Francisco: New Lexington Press.

Leithwood, K., Louis, K., Anderson, S. & Wahlstrom, K. (2004). Review of research:  how leadership influences student learning. University of Minnesota, University of Toronto and Wallace Foundation. Open resource

Lord, R.G., Hannah, S.T. & Jennings, P.L. (2011). A framework for understanding leadership and individual requisite complexity. Organizational Psychology Review, vol. 1(2), pp. 104-127.

Owings, W.A. & Kaplan, L.S. (2012). ‘Leadership theories’, in. W. A Owings, L. S Kaplan.  Leadership and organizational behavior in education. New York: Pearson.

Resnick, L. & Glennan, T. (2002). ‘Leadership for learning: a theory of action for urban school districts’, in A.T. Hightower, M.S. Knapp, J.A. Marsh, and M.W. McLaughlin (eds). School Districts and Instructional Renewal. New York: Teachers College Press.

Shah, S. (2005). Educational leadership: an Islamic perspective. British Educational Research Journal, vol. 32(3), pp. 363-385.

The Wallace Foundation. (2010). Education leadership: an agenda for school improvement. New York: The Wallace Foundation.

Uljens, M. (2018). Understanding educational leadership and curriculum reform: beyond global economism and neo-conservative nationalism. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 2(2-3), pp. 196-213.

Winston, B.E. & Patterson, K. (2006). An integrative definition of leadership. International Journal of Leadership studies, vol. 1(2), pp. 6-66. Open resource

Avolio, B. & Gardner, W. (2005). Authentic leadership development: getting to the root of positive forms of leadership. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 16, pp. 315–338.  Request item

Brooke-Smith, R. (2004). Leading learners, leading schools.  London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Brundrett, M., Burton, N. & Smith, R. (eds). (2003). Leadership in education.  London: Sage.

Digman, J. (1990). Personality structure: emergence of the five-factor model.  Annual Review of Psychology, vol. 41(4), pp. 17-40.

Fullan, M. (2002). The change leader. Educational Leadership, vol. 59(8), pp. 16.

Gray, J., Reynolds, D., Fitz-Gibbon, C. & Jesson, D. (eds). (1996). Merging traditions: the future of research on school effectiveness and school improvement. London: Cassell.

Gardner, W., Avolio, B., Kuthans, F., May, D. & Walumba, F. (2005). Can you see the real me? a self-based model of authentic leader and follower development. The Leadership Quarterly, vol. 16, pp. 343–372. Request item

Guskey, T. R. & Peterson, K D. (1996). The road to classroom change. Educational Leadership, vol. 53(4), pp. 10-15.

Harber, C. & Davies, L. (1998). School management and effectiveness in developing countries. London: Continuum Press.

Hargreaves, D. & Hopkins, D. (1994). Development planning for school improvement. London: Cassell.

Hess, F. & Kelly, A. (2007). Learning to lead? What gets taught in principal preparation programs? Teachers College Record, vol. 109(1), pp. 244-274. Request item

Hunter, R. C. & Donahoo, S. (2003). The nature of urban school politics after brown: the need for new political knowledge, leadership, and organizational skills. Education and Urban Society, vol. 36(1), pp. 3-15.

Johnson, B. L. (2003). Those nagging headaches: perennial issues and tensions in the politics of education field. Educational Administration Quarterly, vol. 39(1), pp. 41-67. Request item

Law, S. & Glover, D. (2000). Educational leadership and learning: practice, policy and research. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Leithwood, K. & Hallinger, P. (2002). Second international handbook of educational leadership and administration. Two-volume. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Mayo, P. (2003). A rationale for a transformative approach to education. Journal of Transformative Education, vol. 1(1), pp. 38-57.

Nance, J. P. (2003). Public school administrators and technology policy making. Educational Administration Quarterly, vol. 39(4), pp. 434-467.  Request item

Townley, A. (1995). Changing school culture. Educational Leadership, vol. 52(4), May.

Wallace, M. & Poulson, P. (2003). Learning to read critically in educational leadership and management.  London: Sage.

West-Burnham, J. (1997). Managing quality in schools: effective strategies for quality based school improvement. 2nd edn. Harlow: Pearson Education.