Conclusion: Leading Schools in Complexity

Abstract

The collection of case studies in this book present a range of salient themes pertaining to school leadership in Singapore. These case studies highlight the demands placed on school leaders in contemporary times, and their responses to it. First and foremost, the need to lead schools that prepare students in the wide range of twenty-first-century competences and dispositions (e.g. critical thinking, creative thinking, self-directed, lifelong learner, teamwork and resilience)—in the midst of maintaining academic achievement is in itself rather challenging. Adding to this is the need to perform these tasks in the midst of a social environment that is becoming more volatile, disruptive, fluid and uncertain.