Educational Leadership, Improvement and Change: Discourse and Systems in Europe
About this ebook
“Today’s local educational leadership policies and practice are connected with the historical roots of five small European countries. In the analysis, perspectives from within each country and comparisons are used interestingly. Both levels of analysis bring out new understandings of the relationship between policy and practice and how they have been related to leadership in a historical discourse. In my opinion the different country chapters and the comparisons represent important new knowledge and I recommended the book as reading for school leaders and policy makers in the field of educational leadership.”
—Professor Olof Johansson, Umeå University, Sweden
“The book fills a gap in the research of cross-national research, comparing school leadership issues in two Balkan countries, Croatia and Slovenia, one Baltic country, Lithuania, and two Scandinavian countries, Norway and Denmark. To my knowledge it is the first time there has been this sort of cross-investigation of commonalities and differences in school leadership conditions between these countries in the age of globalization. I am sure that many scholars and practitioners can benefit from this book and hereby recommend it. “
—Associate Professor Emeritus Klaus Kasper Kofod, Aarhus University, Denmark
About the author
Lejf Moos is Professor Emeritus in educational leadership at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Nikša Alfirević is Professor of management and Assistant Professor of sociology at the University of Split, Croatia.
Jurica Pavičić is Professor of marketing at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Andrej Koren is Professor of leadership and theories of organisation at the International School for Social and Business Studies, Slovenia.
Ljiljana Najev Čačija is Assistant Professor at the University of Split, Croatia.
