Third Millennium Leaders: Thinking and Acting Both Locally and Globally

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Townsend, Tony
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2009
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This article considers change over education's history as being a series of successive waves from when education was delivered locally to individuals to the present when we "think globally and act locally." It argues that to achieve universal student success we need to have another wave of both thinking and acting locally and globally. This shift will have implications for policy, school management, and classroom practice. To drive this, new ways of educating and supporting school leaders must ensure we not only focus on the what of leadership but also improve how leaders go about their business.This article considers change over education's history as being a series of successive waves from when education was delivered locally to individuals to the present when we "think globally and act locally." It argues that to achieve universal student success we need to have another wave of both thinking and acting locally and globally. This shift will have implications for policy, school management, and classroom practice. To drive this, new ways of educating and supporting school leaders must ensure we not only focus on the what of leadership but also improve how leaders go about their business.
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Journal Title
Leadership and Policy in Schools
Volume
8
Issue
4
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© 2009 Taylor & Francis. This is an electronic version of an article published in International Leadership and Policy in Schools, Vol. 8(4), 2009, pp. 355-379. Leadership and Policy in Schools is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.
Subject
Education not elsewhere classified
Specialist Studies in Education