EDU8601 Advanced Studies in Professional Practice (FOEDU)

Units 2.0 (Education Studies) Band 5

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Synopsis

The course begins with an analysis of the challenges created for educational organisations by the emergence of post-corporate influences. Post-corporate responses to these influences are explored and assessed. The role of educational leadership in generating constructive responses to post-corporate challenges is then analysed, with four leadership approaches emphasised. These are: transformational leadership; strategic leadership, educative leadership and organisation-wide leadership.