Bücher der Reihe Studies in Educational Leadership

This book contributes significantly to our understanding of successful school leaders by describing similarities and differences in the work of such leaders in countries ranging from England to Australia, the United States to Norway, and Sweden to Hong Kong.

This book provides a unique map of the focus and directions of contemporary research on school leadership since 2000 in 24 countries.

While considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made.

The change in paradigm in our field is away from the great man or woman theory of leadership and the teacher in his or her own classroom to the development of learning communities which value differences and support critical reflection. This book describes the areas of problem-based learning (PBL) and organizational learning (OL).