Preliminary Material / John Mac beath and YC Cheng -- Leadership for Learning:Exploring Similarity and Living with Difference / John MacBeath -- New Learning and School Leadership: Paradigm Shift Towards the Third Wave / Yin Cheong Cheng -- Changing Teaching from Within: Teachers as Leaders / Ann Lieberman and Linda Friedrich -- Professional Community or Communities? School Subject Matter and the Management of Elementary School Teachers’ Work / Page Hayton Lee and James P. Spillane -- Leadership for Learning: Some Ethical Connections / Neil Dempster -- Researching LfL through an International Collaborative Project / David Frost and Sue Swaffield -- Leadership for Learning: A Canadian Perspective / Larry Sackney and Coral Mitchell -- Promoting Learning in Ghanaian Primary Schools: The Context of Leadership and Gender Role Stereotypes / George K. T. Oduro -- Learning About School Leadership in Australia / Bill Mulford -- Leadership Strategies for Learning Improvement: Cases from Mainland China / Daming Feng -- Supporting and Guiding Learning-focused Leadership in US Schools / Bradley S. Portin , Michael S. Knapp , Margaret L. Plecki and Michael A. Copland -- Problem-Based Learning: Some Insights into Pedagogical Leadership and Administrative Challenges / Oon-Seng Tan -- Leadership, Learning and Italy: A Tale of Atmospheres / Giovanna Barzanò and Francesca Brotto -- Living with Accountability and Mandated Change – Leadership for Learning in a Norwegian Context / Jorunn Møller -- Leadership for Learning or Learning for Leadership? The Role of Teacher Induction and Early Professional Development in England and Scotland / Jim O’ Brien and Janet Draper -- Leadership for Learning in Malaysia: Understanding the Problems and Possibilities / Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid -- School Leadership for Organizational Learning and Empowerment: The Taiwan Perspective / Hui-Ling Pan -- School Leader Development in Hong Kong: Status, Challenge and Adjustment / Allan Walker and Paula Kwan Yu-Kwong -- Leadership for Learning: Concluding Thoughts / John MacBeath -- Contributors / John Mac beath and YC Cheng -- Index / John Mac beath and YC Cheng.

The impact of globalization is being felt in numerous spheres of educational policy and practice, in rapid growth of information and communication technologies, in economic transformation, and international market competition, all of which conspire to create new demands and place new pressures on school leadership. Drawing on examples from 12 countries in different parts of the world. The Editors have brought together 28 renowned scholars in Europe, Australia, North America, and Asia-Pacific countries to contribute to this book. The first six chapters address key themes and provide the framework for the 12 country reports which follow. With the aim of increasing international understanding and teasing out issues of transfer and application across cultural and linguistic boundaries, we have chosen national reports which cover a range of countries representing a diversity of culture and contextual backgrounds. We believe, these chapters and the book as a whole, can provide important theoretical, policy and practical implications that will inform the debate about the future of education and of schooling. While each of these country narratives underscore the importance of context, at the same time there are insights and values held in common.

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