Educational leadership for twenty-first century Malta: Breaking the bonds of dependency

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 299-307

  Bezzina, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Leadership; Malta; Schools; Values

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889770313     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540010378950     Document Type: Article

References (56)

1. Adair, J. (1983), Effective Leadership, Pan, London.
2. Ainscow, M., Hopkins, D., Southworth, G. and West, M. (1996), Creating the Conditions for School Improvement, David Fulton, London.
3. Bell, J. and Harrison, B.T. (1998), Leading People: Learning from People, Open University Press, Buckingham.
4. Bezzina, C. (1991), "Improving the quality of schooling in Malta", The International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 5 No. 4, pp. 14-18.
5. Bezzina, C. (1995), "The Maltese primary school principalship: perceptions, roles and responsibilities", PhD thesis, Brunel University, School of Education.
6. Bezzina, C. (1997), "Restructuring schools in Malta: the road to improvement", The International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 11 No. 5, pp. 194-202.
7. Bezzina, C. (1998), "Making quality work: the changing role of education officers and subject co-ordinators", paper presented at the MUT Conference The Roles of Education Officers and Subject Co-ordinators as Agents of Change and Development, 25-26th April.
8. Bezzina, C. (1999), Opening Doors to School Improvement: An Introductory Handbook, MUT Publications, Malta.
9. Bhindi, N. and Duignan, P. (1997), "Leadership for a new century: authenticity, intentionality, spirituality and sensibility", Educational Management & Administration, Vol. 25 No. 2, pp. 117-32.
10. Borg, M.G. and Falzon, J.M. (1989), "Stress and job satisfaction among primary school teachers in Malta", Educational Review, Vol. 41 No. 3, pp. 271-9.
11. Brown, J. and Townsend, R. (1997), "Developing an ethical framework", Thrust for Educational Leadership, Vol. 27 No. 3, pp. 12-14.
12. Buell, N. (1998), "Building a shared vision: the principal's leadership challenge", NASSP Bulletin, Vol. 76, pp. 88-92.
13. Champy, J. (1995), Reengineering Management: The Mandate for New Leadership, Harper-Collins, New York, NY.
14. Collins, J.C. and Porras, J.I. (1996), "Building your company's vision", Harvard Business Review, September-October, pp. 65-77.
15. Cooper, R. and Sawaf, A. (1997), Executive IQ: Emotional Intelligence in Business, Orion Business, London.
16. Covey, S. (1992), Principle Centred Leadership, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY.
17. Crowther, F. and Limerick, B. (1998), "Leaders as learners: implications for postmodern leader development", International Studies in Educational Administration, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 21-9.
18. Darmanin, A. (1998), "Competent leadership for the new millennium", The Sunday Times, 5 April, p. 44.
19. Downs, S. (1995), Learning at Work: Effective Strategies for Making Things Happen, Kogan Page, London.
20. Duignan, P. (1998), "Authenticity in leadership: the rhetoric and the reality", paper presented at the ATEE 23rd Annual Conference, Limerick, Ireland, 24-30 August.
21. Farrugia, C.J. (1986), "Career choice and sources of occupational satisfaction and frustration among teachers in Malta", Comparative Education, Vol. 22 No. 3, pp. 221-31.
22. Fidler, B. (1997), "School leadership: some key ideas", School Leadership & Management, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 23-7.
23. Fritz, R. (1996), Corporate Tides: The Inescapable Laws of Organisational Structure, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA.
24. Fullan, M. (1995), Change Forces: Probing the Depths of Educational Reform, The Falmer Press, London.
25. Fullan, M. (1998), "Breaking the bonds of dependency", Educational Leadership, Vol. 55 No. 7, pp. 6-10.
26. Fullan, M. and Hargreaves, A. (1996), What's Worth Fighting for in your School, Teachers College Press, New York, NY.
27. Green, H. (1996), "The mysteries of leadership", Managing Schools Today, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 14-16.
28. Hargreaves, A. and Fullan, M. (1998), What's Worth Fighting for out There, Teachers College Press, New York, NY.
29. Harvey, M., Clarke, R., Hill, S. and Harrison, B. (1999), "Preparing the way for partnership in establishing a centre for school leadership", Educational Management & Administration, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 155-66.
30. Heifetz, R.A. and Laurie, D.L. (1997), "The work of leadership", Harvard Business Review, January-February, pp. 124-34.
31. Hodgkinson, C. (1991), Educational Leadership: The Moral Art, State University of New York Press, Albany, New York, NY.
32. Hodgkinson, C. (1996), Administrative Philosophy: Values and Motivations in Administrative Life, Pergamon, New York, NY.
33. Jefferson, A. and Edwards, S. (1998), "Communication: an essential dimension in the training of educational administrators", International Studies in Educational Administration, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 39-44.
34. Keefe, J.W. and Howard, E.R. (1997), "The school as a learning organization", NASSP Bulletin, Vol. 81 No. 589, pp. 35-44.
35. Kouzez, J.M. and Posner, B.Z. (1991), Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.
36. Lang, D. (1999), "A new theory of leadership: Realwert versus apparent good", Educational Management & Administration, Vol. 27 No. 2, pp. 167-81.
37. Lashway, L. (1996), "Facilitative leadership", ERIC Digest, No. 96, EDO-EA-95-4.
38. Lashway, L. (1997), "Visionary leadership", ERIC Digest, No. 110, EDO-EA-97-2.
39. Mcewen, A. and Salters, M. (1997), "Values and management: the role of the primary school headteacher", School Leadership & Management, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 69-79.
40. Management Efficiency Unit (MEU) (1998a), Strategic Review-School Management and Administration, MEU, March, Malta.
41. Management Efficiency Unit (MEU) (1998b), Operations Review-Education Division, MEU, May, Malta.
42. Manz, C.C. (1998), The Leadership Wisdom of Jesus: Practical Lessons for Today, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA.
43. Mortimore, P. and Mortimore, J. (Eds) (1991), The Secondary Head, Chapman, London.
44. Pearson, C.S. (1998), "Deep change and spiritual intelligence", Inner Edge, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 3-4.
45. Rogers, R. (Ed.) (1994), How to Write a School Development Plan, Heinemann, Oxford.
46. Sale, J. (1997), "Leading from the heart", Managing Schools Today, Vol. 6 No. 9, pp. 16-19.
47. Sackney, L. (1998), "Leadership for the learning community", paper presented at the ATEE 23rd Annual Conference Limerick Ireland, 24-30 August.
48. Senge, P. (1990), The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization, Random House, Sydney.
49. Sergiovanni, T. (1996), Leadership for the Schoolhouse, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.
50. Swann, R. (1998), "Compassionate leadership in schools", International Studies in Educational Administration, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 21-9.
51. Teal, T. (1996), "The human side of management", Harvard Business Review, November-December, pp. 35-44.
52. Terry, R.W. (1993), Authentic Leadership. Courage in Action, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA.
53. Wain, K. et al., (1995), Tomorrow's Schools: Developing Effective Learning Cultures, Members of the Consultative Committee, Malta.
54. Walker, A. and Walker, J. (1998), "Challenging the boundaries of sameness: leadership through valuing difference", Journal of Educational Administration, Vol. 36 No. 1, pp. 8-28.
55. Wheatley, M.J. (1992), Leadership and the New Science. Learning about Organisation from an Orderly Universe, Berrett-Koehler, San Francisco, CA.
56. Whitaker, K.S. and Moses, M.C. (1994), The Restructuring Hand Book: A Guide to School Revitalisation, Allyn and Bacon, Boston, MA.