This module will develop students' knowledge and understanding of educational leadership. Students will develop an understanding of leadership as it applies to the educational context and will develop their critical analysis of how leadership theory can apply to their own contexts as current or future leaders.

This module will examine the principles of educational leadership from a range of theoretical perspectives. In particular, it will examine differences between management and leadership; trait theory, situational leadership; managerial leadership, distributive leadership, transactional leadership, transformational leadership, empowering and relational leadership. The module will also explore critical self-evaluation of leadership practices, with focus on the Interplay between micro/macro factors and leadership; the importance of building learning for sustainable leadership. Students will also engage critically with the role of power and cultural reproduction in educational leadership.

Upon completion of the module participants will be able to: • Critically evaluate theoretical perspectives on educational leadership. • Conceptualize and critique the dynamic nature of educational leadership and the competing tensions of management and leadership in schools. • Identify challenges related to building leadership capacity at personal and organizational levels in educational institutions • Critically reflect on one's own leadership style in the light of theoretical perspectives.

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Delivery will be online learning environment. Resources including asynchronous recorded lectures, online e-tivities, and shared digital work spaces will be used to encourage and facilitate peer integration and collaboration. A detailed Module Handbook designed by the module team will detail each lecture, how the lectures structures and foreshadow linked group activities both conceptually and pedagogically (i.e. learning tasks/activities and pedagogical process protocols), reflection sheets for all in-class activities, readings (as PDFs online). Successful participants graduate attributes: (i) Knowledgeable about the role of leaders in providing leadership in order to enhance the quality of teaching and learning in schools and progressing reforms. (ii) Creative in their deployment of use of symbolic, human and material resources in order to mobilise the school and wider community in support of teaching and learning for students and school colleagues. (iii) Collaborative with peers in creating a shared understanding of other leadership styles and the implications for their organisations. (iv) Articulate about the dynamics of leadership and the multitude of factors that influence leadership strategy selection.