Leading and Managing in Education

Module overview

This module aims to introduce you to the core aspects of leadership and management theories. It will give you the opportunity to consider key themes related to leadership and management approaches and their impact on educational practice. This module aims to enable you to develop your analytical and critical skills, as it draws on empirical insights and knowledge and as far as possible links them to your experiences. Having successfully completed this module you will be able to use theoretical and empirical evidence to make suggestions for improving practice.

Learning and Teaching

Teaching and learning methods

Normally, the two hour face-to-face sessions are mainly 'tutor led in lecture format', followed by seminars which create a platform for students' engagement and interaction (e.g., through group discussion, debates, case studies). All students will be offered the opportunity of a face-to-face tutorial with the tutors to discuss the assignment topic.

Study time
Type	Hours
Teaching	25
Independent Study	125
Lecture	2
Total study time	152

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

The challenge of leadership: ethnicity and gender among school leaders in England, Malaysia and Pakistan. In Miller, P. Cultures of Educational Leadership: Global and Interculture Perspectives. Pages 95 - 119.

Journal Articles

Day, C. Sammons, P., Hopkins, D., Leithwood, K and Kington, A. (2008). Research into the impact of school leadership on pupil outcomes: policy and research contexts. School Leadership & Management, 28(1).

Kelly, A. (2004). The intellectual capital of schools: analysing government policy statements on school improvement in light of a new theorization. Journal of Education Policy, 19(5).

Rhodes, C. and Brundrett, M. (2009). Leadership development and school improvement. Educational Review, 6(4).

Kaparou, M. and Bush, T. (2016). Instructional leadership in Greek and English outstanding schools. International Journal of Educational Management, 30(6).

Textbooks

Northouse, P.G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and Practice. London: SAGE Publications.

Bush, T., Bell, L. and Middlewood, D. (2010). The Principles of Educational Leadership & Management. London: SAGE.

Assessment

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Assignment	100%

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Coursework assignment(s)	100%

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.

Breakdown
Method	Percentage contribution
Assignment	100%

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External