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`Clive Dimmock and Allan Walker's books is a valuable addition to the overcrowded literature on leadership. This is a useful and important book because citizenship, globalization and the tensions with nationality should be the concern of all who lead any school; even monofaith, monoethic and monolingual schools' - Tim Brighouse, TES Friday 'The authors offer a rigorous and systematic analysis based on careful definition, illustration and discussion which demonstrates the importance of understanding culture, leadership and their interaction in different contexts: in doing so they provide a powerful antidote to the simplistic export of ideas and lay foundations for a more sophisticated conceptual framework for the study of educational leadership' - John West-Burnham, International Leadership Centre, University of HullThis key text in educational leadership focuses on the significance of the context and culture of schools. The book addresses the growing recognition of cultural differences between societies and the resultant differences in schooling. It also deals with vital issues relating to multicultural education and the leadership of multicultural schools. Drawing on their first-hand experience, the authors explore the differences evident in classroom teaching and learning, as well as organizational, leadership and management aspects of schools. They show how such differences can make over-reliance on Anglo-American approaches misleading, ineffective and restrictive.Key features of the book include:- a methodology to support the emerging field of international and comparative educational leadership and management - in-depth comparative analysis of Anglo-American and Asian schooling and educational management- the leadership of multi-cultural schoolsThis book is essential reading for professionals and students of educational leadership and management, as well as administrators.
Leadership, Learning and Teaching in Diverse Cultures
Leadership, Learning and Teaching in Diverse Cultures
Successful learning on the part of students, quality teaching, and school organization conducive to successful learning and teaching are all intrinsic elements of effective schooling. This chapter claims that a key aspect contributing towards effectiveness is the extent to which conditions reflect particular cultural characteristics that distinguish them from practices elsewhere in the world.
A major purpose of the chapter is the portrayal of teaching, learning and leadership as interdependent and culture-bound activities. As such, they warrant investigation from a cross-cultural perspective. As noted in Chapter 1, the comparisons included are based mainly on Japan, mainland China and the USA, with some reference to other societies, including Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK and ...
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