Educational Leadership, Improvement and Change: Discourse and Systems in Europe

Author:   Lejf Moos ,  Nikša Alfirević ,  Jurica Pavičić ,  Andrej Koren
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
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9783030470227


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   27 July 2021
Format:   Paperback
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This book analyses selected critical concepts of policy and practice in educational leadership in five European countries. The editors and contributors cover Croatia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Denmark and Norway, spanning a wide geographical region as well as diverse historical and political contexts. The analyses primarily consider the issues of convergence and divergence in local educational leadership policies and practice that are developing and emerging from traditional structures and discourses under global, trans-national and regional influences. Focusing on both the macro and micro levels, this book examines a range of topics including international benchmarking, inclusive education practices and digital transformation. It will be of interest and value to scholars of educational leadership in Europe, particularly within smaller countries. “Today’s local educational leadership policies and practice are connected with the historical roots of five small European countries. In the analysis, perspectives from within each country and comparisons are used interestingly. Both levels of analysis bring out new understandings of the relationship between policy and practice and how they have been related to leadership in a historical discourse. In my opinion the different country chapters and the comparisons represent important new knowledge and I recommended the book as reading for school leaders and policy makers in the field of educational leadership.”  —Professor Olof Johansson, Umeå University, Sweden  “The book fills a gap in the research of cross-national research, comparing school leadership issues in two Balkan countries, Croatia and Slovenia, one Baltic country, Lithuania, and two Scandinavian countries, Norway and Denmark. To my knowledge it is the first time there has been this sort of cross-investigation of commonalities and differences in school leadership conditions between these countries in the age of globalization. I am sure that many scholars and practitioners can benefit from this book and hereby recommend it. “ —Associate Professor Emeritus Klaus Kasper Kofod, Aarhus University, Denmark

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Author:   Lejf Moos ,  Nikša Alfirević ,  Jurica Pavičić ,  Andrej Koren
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.283kg
ISBN:  

9783030470227


ISBN 10:   3030470229
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   27 July 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Discourse and Systems of Educational Leadership in Europe, Lejf Moos.- Part I: Country Reports.- 2. Leading Educational Institutions in Croatia: Stuck Between Ambition and Bureaucracy?, Nikša Alfirević, Maja Mihaljević Kosor, Lena Malešević Perović.- 3. Global Education Trends and the National Leadership Context: The Case of Slovenia, Andrej Koren and Mateja Brejc.- 4. Three Decades of Lithuanian Education: Self-Identity, Achievements, and Challenges, Rasa Nedzinskaite-Maciuniene, Agne Brandisauskiene, and Inga Minelgaite.- 5. Denmark Report: Educational LeadershipBetween Two Discourses, Lejf Moos.- 6. Country Report: Norway—School Leadership Conceptions Bowing to Global Isomorphism, Jan Merok Paulsen.- Part II: Thematic Chapters.- 7. The Role of International Benchmarking in the Convergence/Divergence of European Education, Maja Mihaljević Kosor, Jurica Pavičić, and Nikša Alfirević.- 8. The Challenge of Digital Transformation in European Education Systems, Nina Begičević Rede̵ p, Marina Klačmer Čalopa, and Katarina Tomičić Pupek.-  9. The Role of E-Learning and Information Culture in Educational Institutions in Transforming European Education,  Sirje Virkus, Valentina Kirinić, and Nina Begičević Rede̵ p.- 10. Towards an Identification of Critical Success Factors for European Inclusive Education, Ljiljana Najev Čačija, Nikša Alfirević, and Sanja Jurić.- 11. Discourses of School Leadership Traveling Across North European School Systems, Jan Merok Paulsen and Lejf Moos.- 12. Discussion: The Space for Manoeuvre Between Autonomy and Autocracy, Lejf Moos.

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Lejf Moos is Professor Emeritus in educational leadership at Aarhus University, Denmark.  Nikša Alfirević is Professor of management and Assistant Professor of sociology at the University of Split, Croatia.  Jurica Pavičić is Professor of marketing at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.  Andrej Koren is Professor of leadership and theories of organisation at the International School for Social and Business Studies, Slovenia.  Ljiljana Najev Čačija is Assistant Professor at the University of Split, Croatia. 

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