`Researchers interested in various aspects of college leadership and management will find this book a convenient and scholarly introduction to related research in the school sector' - Further Education Development Agency, College Research Journal

Preface - Tony Bush et alIntroduction - Tony Bush Setting the ScenePART ONE: SCHOOLS AND SELF-MANAGEMENT - Ron GlatterModern Headship for the Rationally Managed School - Rosalind Levacic et al Combining Cerebral and Insightful ApproachesDecentralization and Deregulation in Europe - Peter Karstanje Towards a Conceptual FrameworkContinuities and Changes in Primary Headship - Geoff SouthworthPrimary Schools and the Nature of the Education Market Place - Les BellPART TWO: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT - Ray BolamUnderstanding Leadership - Peter Ribbins Developing HeadteachersStages of Headship - Dick WeindlingPromoting Continuing Professional Development for Teachers - Agnes McMahon An Achievable Target for School Leaders?Headteachers' Knowledge, Practice and Mode of Cognition - Michael ErautPART THREE: THEORY DEVELOPMENT - Peter RibbinsCombining Cultural and Political Perspectives - Mike Wallace The Best of Both Conceptual Worlds?Institutional Transformation and Educational Management - Chris JamesGender and Education Management - Valerie Hall Duel or Dialogue?School Effectiveness and School Improvement - Janet Ouston Critique of a MovementCan Leadership Enhance School Effectiveness? - Philip Hallinger and Ronald HeckPART FOUR: RESEARCH IN EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT - Les BellEducational Administration, Leadership and Management - Ray Bolam Towards a Research AgendaOverview of a Group of Research Projects with Relevance to School Management - Mike Wallace and Dick WeindlingPedagogy, Educational Management and the TTA Research Agenda - Philippa CordingleyResearching and Constructing Histories of the Field of Educational Management - Helen Gunter