The purpose of this chapter is to raise some issues about the current direction of the field of study and training that is now commonly referred to as ‘educational leadership and management’ (ELM). It is intended as an agenda-setting chapter, opening up a number of more or less connected topics which the author considers worthy of debate by members of the field’s academic community and their collaborators in the worlds of policy and practice. The discussion will lead to a number of proposals for refocusing and reorienting our work. The issues will be discussed under three broad headings, the first of which will receive most attention.
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Does the field need a change of direction towards organization?
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What are some key features of the current context?
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How might we move forward?
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Glatter, R. (2008). Organization and Leadership in Education: Changing Direction. In: Johnson, D., Maclean, R. (eds) Teaching: Professionalization, Development and Leadership. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8186-6_12
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