THEORY BEHIND EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

 

There are several different views related to educational leadership results in a number of perspectives as follows:

  1. Instructional leadership. It focuses on the school’s core business – teaching, learning, students’ progress and achievements.
  2. Transformational leadership. It highlights the commitment of colleagues, leading change and enhancing performance.
  3. Moral leadership. It emphasizes the importance of values, vision and ethical leadership.
  4. Participative leadership. It focuses on the importance of including colleagues, shared decision-making and social capital.
  5. Managerial leadership. It stresses the importartance of defining functions, tasks and behaviours.
  6. Contingency leadership. It concerns on how leaders respond to the particular organizational circumstances and challenges they face and encounter over time.

Sources:

Educational Leadership. Cambridge Assessment International Education. https://www.cambridgeinternational.org/Images/271192-educational-leadership.pdf accessed on June 3, 2020.