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Book SynopsisIn Contextual Intelligence in School Leadership the author presents a new leadership construct suitable for the 21st century context of school improvement. He presents school leadership from contextual intelligence perspective as a function of various elements, which interact within the leadership they shape and the context in which such leadership is exercised to exert influence on the core areas of practice, including student learning, teacher development and school-community engagement. The construct represents a departure from the contemporary leadership theories, which place emphasis on separate elements of leadership and inadvertently create a problem of disintegration that does not bode well for sustainable school improvement.
Table of ContentsForeword Matthew Kutz Preface 1 Theoretical Grounding for Contextual Intelligence in School Leadership 1 Introduction 2 Context and Contextual Inteligence 3 Contemporary School Leadership Theories and Context 4 Conclusion 2 Contextual Intelligence for Redesigning School Organisational Environment 1 Introduction 2 Redesigning the School Organisational Environment 3 Why Contextual Intelligence Matters for a School Leader 4 The Complexity of School Organisational Context 5 Contextual Intelligence for Integrated School Organisational Construct 6 Conclusion 3 Navigating the Dynamic School Organisational Landscape 1 Introduction 2 Interplay of Contextual Factors Influencing the School’s Organisational Landscape 3 Paradigmatic Shiftsin the School Organisational Landscape 4 Responding to the Dynamics and Paradigmatic Shifts in the School Organisational Context 5 Conclusion 4 School-Home-Community Engagement as an Essential Component of Contextual Intelligence 1 Introduction 2 Conclusion 5 Context-Responsive Teacher Development 1 Introduction 2 Teacher Development in Context: What Is It? 3 The Context in Which Contemporary Teachers Work 4 Leading Teacher Development Intelligently 5 Conclusion 6 Contextual Intelligence for Student Learning 1 Introduction 2 Theoretical Perspectives on Knowledge and Student Learning Process 3 Insight into Contemporary Context of Student Learning 4 Orientation towards Students’ Learning Outcomes 5 Conclusion 7 Connecting the Disconnected through Contextextual Intelligence 1 Introduction 2 Fragmented Construct of School Leadership 3 Leading the School in the Context of Change and Uncertainty 4 Transcending the Past and the Present through Thought and Action 5 Conclusion References Index
