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Course unit details:
Education Leadership
| Unit code | EDUC70331 |
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| Credit rating | 15 |
| Unit level | FHEQ level 7 – master's degree or fourth year of an integrated master's degree |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 1 |
| Offered by | Education |
| Available as a free choice unit? | Yes |
Overview
The course unit will introduce the following content areas:
- Major schools of thought on education leadership (with variations e.g. school leadership).
- Relating leadership to educational matters in different social and cultural contexts.
- Preparation, training and developing leadership identities.
- Researching leaders, leading and leadership: methodologies and methods.
- Conceptions of teachers, children and young people and educational leadership.
Aims
This unit aims to:
- To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of education leadership and to reflect upon its interpretation and application in different contexts
- To enable students to engage critically with models of educational leadership, and also with the reasons for educational leadership’s popular conceptualisation as models;
To develop understanding of the relationship between performance, accountability and practice in educational leadership.
Learning outcomes
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Upon completion of the unit, students should be able to:
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Knowledge and understanding |
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Intellectual skills |
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Practical skills |
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Transferable skills and personal qualities |
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Teaching and learning methods
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Activity |
Hours Allocated |
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Staff/Student Contact |
20 |
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Tutorials |
2 |
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Private Study |
58 |
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Directed Reading |
40 |
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Assessment methods
Feedback will be available via Blackboard on the student system. Core Courtney, S.J., Gunter, H.M., Niesche, R., and Trujillo, T. (Eds.), (2020). Understanding educational leadership: Critical perspectives and approaches. London. Bloomsbury. Essential Bottery, M. (2004) The Challenges of Educational Leadership. London: PCP. Currie, G. and Lockett, A. (2007) A critique of transformational leadership: moral, professional and contingent dimensions of leadership within public services organizations. Human Relations 60 (2), 341-370. Courtney, S.J., McGinity, R., and Gunter, H.M. (Eds.), (2018). Educational leadership: Theorising professional practice in neoliberal times. London: Routledge. Gewirtz, S. (2002) The Managerial School. London: Routledge. Grace, G. (1995) School Leadership: Beyond Educational Management. London: The Falmer Press. Gunter, H.M. (2001) Leaders and Leadership in Education. London: PCP. Gunter, H.M. (2012) Leadership and the Reform of Education. Bristol: Policy Press. Gunter, H.M. (2015) School Leadership: An Intellectual History of Research and Practice. London: Bloomsbury Press. Gunter, H.M., Hall, D. and Bragg, J. (2013) Distributed Leadership: a study in knowledge production. Educational Leadership, Management and Administration. 41 (5) 556 - 581. Hall, D., Gunter, H.M. and Bragg, J. (2013) Leadership, New Public Management and the remodelling and regulation of teacher identities. International Journal of Leadership in Education. 16 (2), 173-190., Leithwood, K., Jantzi, D. and Steinbach, R. (1999) Changing Leadership for Changing Times. Buckingham: OUP. Lingard, B., Hayes, D., Mills, M. and Christie, P. (2003) Leading Learning. Maidenhead: OUP. Lumby, J., Crow, G. and Pashiardis, P. (eds) (2008) International Handbook of the Preparation and Development of School Leaders. New York: Routledge. MacBeath, J. (1998) Effective School Leadership. London: PCP. Smyth, J. (ed) (1989) Critical Perspectives on Educational Leadership. London: Falmer Press. Thomson, P. (2009) School Leadership, Heads on the Block? London: Routledge. Further Reading Ball, S.J. (2010) New voices, new knowledges and the new politics of education research: the gathering of the perfect storm? European Educational Research Journal. 9 (2), 124-137. Ball, S.J. (2012) Global Education Inc. Abingdon: Routledge. Barker, B. (2007) The leadership paradox: can school leaders transform student outcomes? School Effectiveness and School Improvement. 18 (1), 21-43. Foster, W. (1986) Paradigms and Promises. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. Rizvi, F. and Lingard, B. (2010) Globalizing Education Policy. London: Routledge. Contact hours: 10 weeks at 2 hours per week School responsible: Manchester Institute of Education, SEED ECT: 7.5 Notional hours of learning: 150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||