eprintid: 10006492
rev_number: 21
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datestamp: 2011-03-09 03:46:51
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type: thesis
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creators_name: Orthodoxou, Chara
title: Leadership for equity and excellence : crossing the divide in Cyprus's diverse schools
ispublished: unpub
divisions: B14
note: Leaves 342-353 are appendices.
abstract: Leaders in Cyprus face a daunting challenge in their quest to create positive
change in schools: how to lead across difference. As schools face the challenges
of demographic shifts thereby contributing to new patterns of diverse schools this
thesis fills a growing need for empirical research of this recent history and its
effects on leadership. Leadership for equity and excellence examines how
principals pursue equity and excellence in the schools of Cyprus. It is argued that
illuminating the relationship between diversity and leadership can advance
understanding of how leadership for equity and excellence happens in practice.
Given the importance of investigating further this relationship, preparing leaders
for a changing world is needed. Without such preparation, these leaders stand to
enter schools ill equipped for participation in diverse environments. Using a case
study research design, the study draws upon interview, observation and survey
data from four schools to develop four richly detailed case studies. From withincase
and cross-case analysis of the four cases, elements integral to leading these
schools are highlighted. The study found a number of practices that constitute
core leadership principles: using values and principles as a guidance system for
self and others, fighting complacency, mobilising and inspiring followers in
collective action, and engaging in social identity issues to eliminate conflict.
They are concerned with bringing all groups together without eliminating their
differences. The study highlights the main limitations of Cyprus's current
leadership programme and proposes new ways of creating and implementing
effective programmes for developing expert school leaders. Finally, the study
calls for studies that employ different research methods and factors influencing
leadership experience in diverse schools thereby equipping researchers with the
tools to better explain how diversity influences leadership practices.
date: 2010
date_type: completed
official_url: http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=2&uin=uk.bl.ethos.534790
oa_status: green
thesis_class: doctoral_open
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
full_text_status: public
pages: 353
institution: Institute of Education, University of London
thesis_type: Doctoral
citation:        Orthodoxou, Chara;      (2010)    Leadership for equity and excellence : crossing the divide in Cyprus's diverse schools.                   Doctoral thesis , Institute of Education, University of London.     Green open access   
 
document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10006492/1/534790.pdf