Leading the Leaders for the Future
A transformational opportunity
Dr Michael Bosher author Dr Patrick Hazlewood author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:15th May '09
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
Bosher and Hazlewood describe ways to create an appropriate learning environment for students in the 21st century.
This book will address the leadership challenge of creating an environment for the development needs of 21st century students. These students need to be globally aware, flexible in approach, and to develop transferable, multi-skills across a wide spectrum of employment opportunities. They also need to be numerate, have highly defined social and communication skills and have an Information and Communication Technology skill base embedded within all that they do. In order to create the appropriate learning environment, every organisation must address as a first priority the way it is led. Schools must second guess needs for the future and put robust structures in place to facilitate those needs. This book will show how such a culture change is possible, note the barriers encountered and the successes achieved, both within schools and other organisations. Schools are one member of a group partnership with parents, employers, society and the students themselves - all of whom are charged with making this change happen. For this reason, the book looks at a number of business organisations to see what leadership lessons can be learned by both sides in this process of transformation.
"Anyone who knows Patrick Hazlewood and St John's School will have high expectations of any book which charts the complex and demanding journey that the school has been on in the last 10 years. This book doesn't disappoint. It tackles an area of huge significance -how can schools prepare our young people for the challenging futures that they will face in the 21st century? At least part of the answer lies in how the school is lead. The management and leadership structures within the school and the 'collegiality' - relationships between colleagues - which is fostered." Lesley James, Head of Education, RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts), February 2009 -- Lesley James
"The greatest certainty of the times we live in are the uncertainties that face us all. Education systems however, often appear as mechanisms for control of our children and teachers, rather than as ways of developing confident, independent thinkers that can engage socially, intellectually and morally for the benefit of us all and future societies. The authors of this book give hope that new visions of education are possible. They define a new professionalism for school stakeholders- one that is inclusive, challenging and depends equally upon building intellectual rigour and emotional strength for all its members. Above all, building sustainable educational cultures depends upon visionary and strong leadership. This book is a carefully transcribed account of the multiple facets of that leadership with detailed examples illustrating change management in an innovative dynamic school. Anyone with a passion for making a difference to the lives of our children in the future must read this book." Dr Trevor Davies - Director of ICSET (International Centre for Studies in Education and Training) Institute of Education, University of Reading, February 2009 -- Dr Trevor Davies
ISBN: 9781855394773
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160 pages