Introduction, Gary Crow, Jacky Lumby and Petros Pashiardis
Concepts of Leadership and its Development
1 The Nature and Specialized Purposes of Educational Leadership, Paul Begley
2 Leadership and Culture, Jacky Lumby and Nick Foskett
3 A Life and Career Based Framework for the Study of Leaders in Education: Problems, Possibilities and Prescriptions, Peter Ribbins
4 Effects of Leadership on Student Academic Affective Achievement, Stephen Jacobson and Christopher Bezzina
5 Tony Bush and Race and Racism in Leadership Development, Kholeka Moloi
6 Gender and Leadership Development, Marianne Coleman and Tanya Fitzgerald
7 Theories of Learning, Brenda Beatty
The Practice of Leadership Development
8 School Development and School Leader Development - New Learning Opportunities for School Leaders and their Schools, Stephan Huber
9 The Recruitment and Selection of School Leaders, Stephan Huber and Petros Pashiardis
10 Curriculum and Pedagogy, Edith A Rusch
11 Mentoring and Coaching Programs for the Professional Development of School Leaders, Bruce G. Barnett and Gary R. O’Mahony
12 Evaluation of School Principals, Petros Pashiardis and Stefan Brauckmann
13 Understanding and Assessing the Impact of Leadership Development, Kenneth Leithwood and Ben Levin
International Reflections
14 Leadership Preparation and Development in North America, Margaret Grogan and Michelle D. Young
15 Leadership Development in Latin America, Alexandre Ventura, Jorge Adelino Costa and Terezinha Monteiro dos Santos
16 Jorunn Møller and Leadership Development in Europe, Michael Schratz
17 School Leadership Development in Africa, Ruth Otunga, David Serem and Jonah Nyaga Kindiki
18 Preparing and Developing School Leaders in the Middle East, Reynold Macpherson and Omid Tofighian
19 Leader Development across Three Chinese Societies, Allan Walker, Chen Shuanye and Qian Haiyan
20 Professional Learning of School Leaders in Australia, Michelle Anderson, Elizabeth Kleinhenz, Bill Mulford and David Gurr
21 Leadership Development in Small Island States, Tony Bush, Marie-Therese Purvis and Linda Barallon
22 Epilogue, Jacky Lumby, Petros Pashiardis and Gary Crow
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