Book chapter
The School leader as researcher
School leader as researcher, pp.15-32
Oxford Global Press
2020
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Abstract
This book presents the argument that school leader research is a potent means through which the school leader grows professionally, and is also empowered to engage more deeply, insightfully and effectively with the many variables which underpin and mediate their plans for school improvement. This concept has its genesis in a coupling of ‘practitioner research’ (Hilton & Hilton, 2017; Lynch & Sell, 2014; Robinson & Lai, 2006) with the day-to-day work of the school leader. While engagement in research from a practitioner perspective is commonplace in professions such as medicine and engineering, its application in education, particularly school leadership, is minimal at best (Anderson & Herr, 1999; Lynch & Madden, 2017; Robinson & Lai, 2006). This lack of engagement is a loss of potential and opportunity for sustainable evidence-based school improvement. The book thus seeks to explain how a ‘school leader researcher’ can leverage the approach for sustainable school improvement.
Details
- Title
- The School leader as researcher
- Creators
- David Turner (Author)David Lynch (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- David Turner (Editor of compilation)
- Publication Details
- School leader as researcher, pp.15-32
- Publisher
- Oxford Global Press; London, United Kingdom
- Identifiers
- 991012892299802368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education; School of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter