Teacher Leadership

Teacher leadership has undergone one major revolution and is in the process of undergoing another. The first was a result of the many practical limits to the "heroic leader" model of school leadership. The second is the rise of the Internet and ICT, and how these allow students to become autonomous learners.

Kokila Roy Katyal is Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong Institute of Education working in the area of educational leadership. Colin William Evers is Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education, University of New South Wales, Australia.

1. Current views and the Need for a New Model of Teacher Leadership 2. The Internet and its Implication for Teacher Leaders 3. The Nature and Function of Teacher Leadership: Looping Back or Looking Forward? 4. Instructional Leadership and Autonomous Student Learning: Resolving the Paradoxes 5. Teacher Leadership and Student Engagement: Bridging the School and the 'Real World' Divide 6. Involving the 'Clients': Why Teacher Leaders Need to Reinforce Home-school Connectivity 7. Educating Teachers for Leadership: Enhancing Preparedness and Professional Knowledge 8. Teacher Leadership in Context: Towards Critical Self-learning