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Investigating leadership practice: Exploring the entailments of taking a distributed perspective

This paper is about distributed perspectives on educational leadership. It applies to all educational leaders. The authors examined two questions: What does it mean to take a distributed perspective on leadership in schools? What are the entailments of taking a distributed perspective for research on school leadership? Arguing that the practice of leadership should be a key concern in scholarship on school leadership, the authors explored the leader-plus and the practice aspects of taking a distributed perspective. Arguing that both aspects are essential when taking a distributed perspective, the authors reviewed findings from recent research that dwells mostly on the leader-plus aspect. Turning to the second question, the authors explored the methodological challenges involved in taking a distributed perspective.

• Contributor: Spillane, J. P., Orlina, E. C.
• Journal/Secondary Title: Leadership & Policy in Schools
• Number: 3
• Publisher: Routledge
• Volume: 4
• Year: 2005

This resource is cataloged under:

• Network/channel: NIUSI: District Effort & Support: Systemic Infrastructure & Organizational Support
• Network/channel: NIUSI: Professional Effort: Group Practice & Professional Development
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Culture of Change and Improvement
• Network/channel: NIUSI: School Organizational Effort: Governance & Leadership

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