COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CURRENT ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 6021 CURRENT ISSUES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision

Course Objective

Evaluating current issues in educational leadership

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Understanding current managerial structure in educational system of Turkey
2   Comprehending management and leadership.
3   Knowing and understanding current issues in educational leadership
4   Developing new perspectives for practice in school administration
5   Rethinking principalship in schools
6   New perspectives in educational leadership research
7   Understanding leadership in schools
8   Evaluating leadership and management in general.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of leadership.
2 Educational leadership,
3 Exploring the current state of leadership in school management processes;
4 Effects of change in schools, school development;
5 Rethinking school principalship, collaborative management;
6 Transformational leadership,
7 Distributed/teacher leadership,
8 Midterm Exam
9 Ethical leadership, moral leadership,
10 Cultural leadership,
11 Sustainable leadership,
12 Constructivist leadership, etc.;
13 New perspectives in research on educational leadership.
14 Leadership practices in schools
15 Final exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Arrowsmith, T. (2005). Distributed leadership: three questions, two answers: A review of the Hay Group Education research, July 2004. Management in Education, 19, 30-33.
Begley, P. T. (2001). In pursuit of authentic school leadership practices. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 4, 353-365.
Bogotch, I. E. (2005). A history of public school leadership. In F. W. English (Ed.). The SAGE handbook of educational leadership: Advances in theory, research, and practice. (7-33). London, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Bush, T. (2003). Theories of educational leadership and management. (3. Ed.) London: Sage.
Dimmock, C. (1996). Dilemmas fo school leaders and administrators in restructuring. In K. Leithwood, J. Chapman, David Corson, P. Hallinger & A. Hart (Eds.). International handbook of educational leadership and administration. (135-170). Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
Gunter, H. M. (2001). Leaders and leadership in education. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

kadir.beycioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 171

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.453
LO.553
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