Pre-requisites

Nil

Co-requisites

Nil

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

• Critically analyse historical and contemporary frameworks and approaches to educational leadership and leadership functions as proposed by prominent theorists and schools.

• Investigate, critically review and reflect on various leadership styles.

• Analyse and critically evaluate current cultural and political contexts in which educational leadership is situated.

• Synthesise educational leadership theories and Christian perspectives to generate solutions to complex dilemmas and challenges involved in leading and developing contemporary schools.

Unit Description

This unit introduces educational professionals to a range of the leading Western schools of thought regarding current educational leadership theory. The unit seeks to supply candidates with several frames of reference which can be then used to interpret typical leadership roles and predicaments in educational contexts.

In this unit the following issues will be addressed:

• Historical schools of thought on leadership and leading, basic concepts revisited
• The power frame: The nature of organisational politics power sources in leadership
• The intuitional frame: situational leadership and diagnosis
• The philosophical frame: servant leadership
• The physiological frame: emotional intelligence
• The psychodynamic frame: charisma and transformational leadership
• The postmodern frame: deconstructing leadership discourse and vested interests
• Effective team life and interpersonal dynamics
• Structuring organisations
• Ethics and governance models
• Spiritual discernment decision making
• Spirituality in the workplace and enhancing the human spirit
• Succession and the generation of oncoming educational leaders.

This unit is delivered as a split intensive. The class will meet for two intensives, one per school term with the ability to communicate to your peers and lecturer electronically in-between. All learning will happen through your readings and in a face-to-face setting.

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Unit offerings

Please note

The Unit Offerings listed above are a guide only and the timetable for any year is the final authority. The College may vary offerings based on demand, regulatory requirements, continual improvement processes or other conditions.

This unit may be available in different modes of delivery i.e. online and face-to-face as listed above. The unit content will not differ between these modes of delivery. There will possibly be a difference in the schedule and/or the prescribed assessment tasks, however both will cover and assess the same content.