Generative Leadership

Chapter 1) Introduction.- Background to this book.- Research drawn upon.- Participants being on-going since 2000.- Message of the book.-Chapter 2) Action research and professional learning.- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette.- Action research as professional development - reclaiming the space.- Different aspects of professional learning.- Professional learning as developing - Compassion, Care, Collaboration, Commitment, Connection, Communication.- Development of professional activism.- Chapter 3) Transforming (learning for leading).- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette.- Processes of learning.- Modelling.- Translation into own practice.- Enacting professional activism.- Chapter 4) Leading.- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette.- Acting professionally as a leader.- The generative development of leading practices.- Facilitate professional learning in different sites.- Chapter 5) Conclusion.- Introducing the message of the chapter with a vignette.- How education practices 'hang together' ecologically.- Education for sustainability.- Implications for teachers.- Implications for leaders.- Implications for principals.- Implications for policymakers locally, nationally and internationally.

Dr Christine Joy Edwards-Groves is Associate Professor (Literacy Studies) at School of Education, Charles Sturt University.
Karin Anette Rönnerman is a Professor at Department of Education and Special Education, University of Gothenburg.