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OverviewIn the past three decades politicians, journalists, researchers within the academy, and neo-liberalist critics of state schools have articulated that educational research is neither meaningful nor worthwhile. Yet empirical evidence has revealed that research plays a key role in informing decisions made by educational leaders. This book explores the tools needed to conduct ethical educational research, and the contribution postgraduate research might make to the training and development of educational leaders and their thinking and practice within educational settings. Recent debates position the production and use of ethical educational research as important for Nation States' governments; Alison Taysum investigates the thinking tools required for such research and examines what good practice looks and feels like. Supported by international case studies, the study approaches and engages with the role evidence informed leadership might play in making the social justice agendas contained within the policies of a number of nations become reality. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Alison TaysumPublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Edition: NIPPOD Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.282kg ISBN: 9781441180568ISBN 10: 1441180567 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 26 April 2012 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsReviews'This book is far more than a philosophical defence of a different mode of thinking about leadership. It is soundly rooted in practice itself and, true to its general message, in the author's own self knowledge. There is a wealth of examples through the case studies.' Richard Pring, Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford University, UK 'Insightful guidance for educational leaders seeking to transform the narrow dictates of national policy directives into opportunities for ethical, collaborative, self-aware, community-engaged approaches to teaching and learning...she demonstrates that social justice commitments can open possibilities even in highly constrained contexts and offers important lessons for leaders across the professions meeting basic human needs in education, health, and social welfare.' Ronald David Glass, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, USA ‘This book is far more than a philosophical defence of a different mode of thinking about leadership. It is soundly rooted in practice itself and, true to its general message, in the author's own self knowledge. There is a wealth of examples through the case studies.' Richard Pring, Lead Director of the Nuffield Review of 14-19 Education and Training and Emeritus Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford University, UK ‘Insightful guidance for educational leaders seeking to transform the narrow dictates of national policy directives into opportunities for ethical, collaborative, self-aware, community-engaged approaches to teaching and learning...she demonstrates that social justice commitments can open possibilities even in highly constrained contexts and offers important lessons for leaders across the professions meeting basic human needs in education, health, and social welfare.' Ronald David Glass, Associate Professor of Education, University of California, USA Author InformationAlison Taysum is Postgraduate Tutor for the EdD, and leads the EdD and MSc Educational Leadership (School Business Management) at the University of Leicester, UK. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |