Professional School Leadership: Dealing with Dilemmas

by Daniel Murphy

The ideal school leader is often portrayed heroically, as someone who is able to drive forward an agenda of change and improvement whatever the challenges. Yet the experience of school leadership is more complex. School leaders often find gaps between their aspirations and the tensions and moral uncertainties of the job, leading to high levels of personal and professional stress. These tensions arise between individuals and groups within plural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178046018X
• ISBN13: 9781780460185
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"