Books and materials needed in the compulsory courses

Books and materials needed in the compulsory courses


Course

Materials

ELLS210

Bennett, Crawford & Cartwright. Eds. 2003. Effective Educational Leadership. The Open University. Chapman Publishing. London. Parts 1-2.

Northouse, P. G. 2004. Leadership. Theory and Practice. Sage Publications. London. Parts 1 and 5.

Other material available online

ELSS250

Caldwell and Spinks, 2007. Raising the Stakes: from improvement to transformation in the reform of schools / Brian J. Caldwell and Jim M. Spinks. London ; New York : Routledge.

Wenger, 1998. Communities of Practice: learning, meaning, and identity. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press.

Other material available online

ELSS320

Fullan, M. 2003. The Moral Imperative of School Leadership. Thousand Oaks. CA: Corwin Press.

Other recommended readings

Collinson, V. & Cook, T.F. 2007. Organizational Learning. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Driver, Julia. 2007. Ethics: The Fundamentals. Singapore: Blackwell Publishing.
Hatch, Mary Jo. 1993. “The Dynamics of Organizational Culture.” Academy of Management Review, 18:657-693.

Hitt, W. D. 1990. Ethics and Leadership. Putting Theory into Practice. Columbus, Ohio: Battelle Press.

Ricoeur, P. 2007. Reflections on the Just. Chigago, IL. The University of Chigago Press.

Starratt, R. J. 2003. Building an Ethical School. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Tomlinson, H., Smith Pauline & Gunter Helen (eds). 2003. Living Headship: voices, values and vision. London: Chapman.

ELSS340

Murphy, J. (2005). Connecting teacher leadership and school improvement. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. (You are recommended to read the book but sessions 5-8 summarize the book so you can also manage without reading the book.)

Other material available online

ELSS410/

ELSS420

Dimmock, Clive, Walker, Allan. 2005. Educational Leadership. Culture and Diversity. London: Sage.

Other material available online


ELSS730
All the material available online
ELSS740 To be decided
ELSS760 Reading material chosen by the students
ELSS810

Bolman, L. G., and Deal, T. E., 2008. Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice and Leadership, 4th edition. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. Also available electronically in the course.

Shafriz, J., Ott, J. & Jang, Y., S. 2005. Classics of Organizational Theory. Thomson – Wadsworth. Belmont, USA.

Other material available online

ELSS820

All the material available online

ELSS901

All the material available online