COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 5812 LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision (Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision (Evening)

Course Objective

Knowing and understanding leadership issues in education, and developing new perspectives for practice in school administration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing Theoritical foundations of educational leadership
2   Exploring the current state of leadership in school management processes
3   Exploring new perspectives in research on educational leadership
4   Rethinking school principalship and management
5   Knowing the effects of leadership in school management and school development

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 Theories of educational leadership
3 Exploring the current state of leadership in school management processes
4 Effects of leadership in schools and school development
5 Rethinking school principalship, collaborative management;
6 Transformational leadership,
7 Distributed leadership and teacher leadership,
8 Midterm exam
9 Cultural leadership,
10 Sustainable leadership,
11 Ethical leadership, moral leadership,
12 Constructivist leadership, etc.;
13 New perspectives in research on educational leadership.
14 Leadership practices in schools
15 General evaluation

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.
Crowther, F., Kaagen, S., Ferguson, M., and Hann, L. (2002). Developing teacher leaders: How teacher leadership enhances school success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Dantley, M. E. (2005). Moral Leadership: Shifting the management paradigm. In F. W. English (Ed.). The SAGE handbook of educational leadership: Advances in theory, research, and practice. (34-46). London, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
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.
English, F. W. (2003). The postmodern challenge to the theory and practice of educational administration. Springfield: Charles C Thomas Publisher.
Evers, C. W. and Lakomski, G. (2000). Doing educational administration. Oxford: Pergamon/Elsevier.
Fullan, M. (2003). The moral imperative of school leadership. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press.
Gronn, P. (2002). Distributed leadership. In K. Leithwood & P. Hallinger (Eds.). Second International handbook of educational leadership and administration. (653-696) Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
Gunter, H. M. (2001). Leaders and leadership in education. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Harris, A. (2002). School improvement: What s in it for schools London, New York: Routledge.
Leithwood, K. (2003). Transformational leadership effects on student engagement with school. In M. Wallace and L. Poulson (Eds.), Educational Leadership and Management. (194-212). London: Sage.
Sergiovanni, T. J. (2006). The principalship (5th Ed.). Colombus: McGraw-Hill.
Spillane, J. P (2006). Distributed leadership. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Sisman, M. (2002). Öğretim liderliği. Ankara: Pegema Yayınları.

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

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 4 52
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 198

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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