From the first lecture of the course, you will get familiar with the course path. First, Lecturer Värri introduces the purpose of the course. It aims at providing the international perspectives on school leadership and management through the lens of principal training. During the course, students will read the HEAD reports and also compose their own reports focusing on the school leadership training in one country. After introducing the learning outcomes and requirements, Lecturer Värri mentions his professional background as a principal in Finland.

Before any lecture either open or save to your computer the assigned PowerPoint presentations.

Assignment before the lecture: none

Open or save the PowerPoint slides related to this lecture EDLS220_S1_L1.pdf​

Listen to the lecture, and afterwards do the assignment given below.



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Write your learning experiences into your personal Reflective report
Assignment after the lecture: Think the following questions:

How do schools/ educational institutions differ from other organisations?

What is typical of schools as management arenas?