ENGD30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Great Man Theory
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Five phases of research (refer to table 1, pp. Brief history of the field where schools were initially looked at as organization, but researchers realized that they are not the same as businesses. Look at action research and locally focused studies. Information on a variety of jurisdictions, including ontario. Page 266 there are links to the review by gumus et. al. Page 267 discusses leadership links to student outcomes and the four directions of leadership. Page 271-272 lists features of high performing systems. Discussion of system wide reform at the national level and international benchmarking. Please choose one question to respond to with a post of 200-300 words. Then, reply (50-100 words) to two of your classmates: both reviews indicate that more research was conducted as a result of the global accountability movement. How do you think the advent of testing and accountability has impacted education: models of leadership have moved from the great man theory.
