Dr Alison Taysum

Evidence Informed Leadership in Education Dr Alison Taysum Nippod edition

Brief Description: Research monograph exploring the importance of evidence-based practice and the thinking skills of critical analysis, reflection and reflexivity for evidence-informed leadership in education. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Foreword / Richard Pring -- 1. Evidence Informed Leadership -- 2. Policy and Evidence Informed Leadership: Every Child Matters and No Child Left Behind in Focus -- 3. Tools to Facilitate Evidence Informed Leadership -- 4. Moving Towards Shared Understandings in Complex Educational Settings -- 5. Confronting Taken-for-Granted Ways of Thinking and Doing that Limit Change -- 6. Ethical Frameworks for Developing Evidence Informed Leadership -- 7. Practical Cases Where Evidence Informed Leadership Enhanced Educational Opportunities While Meeting the Social Justice Agenda of Educational Policies -- 8. Evidence Informed Leadership Takes Time Because It Matters -- Index.

Contributor Bio:  Taysum, Alison Alison Taysum is Postgraduate Tutor for the EdD, and leads the EdD and MSc Educational Leadership (School Business Management) at the University of Leicester, UK.