Published in Association with The Open University Series

Leading Professional Practice in Education

by Christine Wise, Marion Cartwright, and Pete Bradshaw

Published 5 September 2012

This volume provides an overview of key contemporary themes in educational leadership. It focuses on developing professional capacity, organisation improvement and the implementation of change, looking at theoretical frameworks and concepts, recent research studies and case examples of effective practice.

The book covers:

- leading learning and learner leadership

- change processes and distributed leadership

- leading professional development for educational contexts.

Designed to encourage critical analysis and debate, this volume will be a useful resource for postgraduate and professional development courses in educational leadership and for practitioners. It is a companion to Educational Leadership: Context, Strategy and Collaboration, also published by Sage.