Educational Leadership in Schools

This book examines the impact of globalisation on school governance, leadership roles, and student outcomes. One of the effects of economic forces of globalisation is that schools and school leaders are compelled to embrace the corporate ethos of the efficiency, accountability, performance, and profit-driven managerialism. The book also investigates evolving changes in school leadership that affect autonomy in schools in designing curricula and managing resources, where the role of the school leader has grown far beyond that of an administrator.

This book offers a scholarly and holistic analysis of how globalisation and dominant models of school leadership influence students’ identities, engagement, and academic achievement. Globalisation and educational leadership in schools, as presented in this volume, are perceived to be necessary in education policy reform to eliminate on-going discrimination, racism, and discriminatory practices in educational settings.

Joseph Zajda is a Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalization and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 45 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalization and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the Editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2021). Recent publications include: Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). ＂Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform＂. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). ＂Human rights education globally＂. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020c). ＂Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms: Emerging paradigms＂. Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. (2018). He is an Elected Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).

Pamela R. Hallam is Professor and Chair of the Educational Leadership and Foundations Department at Brigham Young University. She has taught Instructional Leadership, Collaborative Leadership for Change, and Human Resource Management. She began her career as a high school teacher, before becoming a middle school principal, and then moving into the district office as the director of curriculum and technology. Her areas of academic interest include the role of trust in leadership and schools, teacher voice health, professional learning communities, and collective efficacy, using qualitative methods.