Module EFPM911 for 2019/0
- Overview
- Aims and Learning Outcomes
- Module Content
- Indicative Reading List
- Assessment
Postgraduate Module Descriptor
EFPM911: Educational Leadership and Management
This module descriptor refers to the 2019/0 academic year.
Module Content
Syllabus Plan
The content of the module may change to reflect emerging and developing theory, research, policy and practices in the field of education change, leadership and management. Nevertheless it will consider key ideas, theories, technologies, techniques and practices and content is likely to include:
- How are educational institutions led and managed?
- What does research tell us about the leadership and management of education in different educational settings?
- What means of managing and leading change in educational institutions have emerged and what is their relationship to wider political, social, economic and moral environments?
- How are educational institutions and learning monitored and evaluated?
- How might practices and techniques associated with mentoring and coaching help facilitate education change?
- In what ways do leadership identities emerge and what might be their significance for educational leaders?
Learning and Teaching
This table provides an overview of how your hours of study for this module are allocated:
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 30.5 | 269.5 | 0 |
...and this table provides a more detailed breakdown of the hours allocated to various study activities:
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 30.5 | 30 hours of in-class sessions (10 x 3 hours) and 1 academic tutorial (0.5 hours) |
| Guided Independent Study | 119.5 | Directed study (e.g. web-based activities, preparing for academic tutorial, preparing for seminars, responding to seminar activities, contributing to online activities/discussion) |
| Guided Independent Study | 50 | Directed reading related to topics discussed in the module |
| Guided Independent Study | 100 | Preparing for assignments and further independent reading |
Online Resources
This module has online resources available via ELE (the Exeter Learning Environment).
Indicative Reading List
This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.
Fuller, K. (2013) Gender, Identity, and Education Leadership , London: Bloomsbury.
Gronn, P. (1999) The Making of Educational Leaders . London: Cassell
Gronn P (2000) Distributed properties: A new architecture for leadership. Educational Management and Administration . 28(3), 317–338.
Gunter, H. (2012) Leadership and the Reform of Education , Bristol: Policy Press.
Hall, D., Moller, J., Schratz, M., and Serpieri, R. (2017) From welfarism to neo-liberalism: Conceptualising the diversity of leadership models in Europe. In: Waite, D. and Bogotch, I. (eds) The International Handbook of Educational Leadership . Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell Publishers.
Hall, D. (2013) Drawing a Veil over Managerialism: Leadership and the Discursive Disguise of the New Public Management,Journal of Educational Administration and History , 45 (3), 267-282.
Lingard, B., Hayes, D., Mills, M., and Christie, P. (2003) Leading Learning: Making hope practical in schools, Maidenhead:Open University Press.
Ozga, J (2009) Governing education through data in England: from regulation to selfâ??evaluation, Journal of Education Policy , 24 (2),149-162.
Spillane, J. and Diamond, J. (2007) Distributed Leadership in Practice . New York: Teachers College Press.
Thomson, P. (2008) Headteacher critique and resistance: a challenge for policy, and for leadership/management scholars. Journal of Educational Administration andHistory , 40 (2), 85–100.
