Books in the Management & Leadership in Education S. series

This text examines the role of leaders and leadership in special education. It contains a mixture of interview material and academic reflection and includes a commentary on the current debate of the late 1990s surrounding special education.

Introduces a wide range of perspectives on contemporary leadership in education, and contains detailed interviews with headteachers. The interviews reveal the subjects' own experiences at school, their reasons for taking up teaching, and the values and beliefs they bring to their positions.

This text explores the actual and potential role of Heads of Department in education. It includes analysis of such problematic areas as the management of resources and managing the curriculum.

Directed at the managers of primary (elementary) schools, this guide shows how to motivate staff, drawing on detailed case studies of both positive and negative experiences. It offers advice on involving teachers in their schools and creating "extended professionals".