Unit name | Leading for Educational Change in Organisational Settings |
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Unit code | EDUCD0093 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | D/8 |
Teaching block(s) |
Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52) |
Unit director | Dr. Sands |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | School of Education |
Faculty | Faculty of Social Sciences and Law |
The unit will seek to develop a critical awareness of the key issues and challenges facing leaders in education in the UK and internationally during times of turbulent change. It is aimed at future and potential leaders from all sectors and across all levels of education. The unit will allow participants to examine leadership and management theory, to interpret cutting edge research and to apply insights to their own contexts through developing case studies. The substantive areas covered will include the contexts of leadership and change in educational settings; understanding the change process; organisational cultures and learning; changing modes of professionalism; models of leadership for change.
Aims:
The unit aims to 1. develop a critical understanding of the nature of leadership and of the change process in different levels and sectors of education; 2. to develop an understanding of a range of theoretical models of leadership for change and to critically apply these to participants own contexts; 3. to develop an awareness of the potential of a range of methodological approaches that can be used to research processes of leadership and educational change.
Participants will be able to:
This unit will be taught using a blended approach consisting of a mixture of synchronous and asynchronous activities including seminars, lectures, reading and discussions.
A 4,000 word assignment on the use of theory and research in analysing and solving a key issue in leadership and change, taking the form of either a case study using an example/s from the participants own experience, a literature review on a management or leadership theoretical issue, or a critical reflection on the challenges of leading and managing change in the context of topical issues such as Climate Change Education (CCE) or Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).