Perspectives on School Leadership in Asia Pacific Contexts

Front Matter ....Pages i-viii
 Introduction: School Leadership and Its Contexts  (Salleh Hairon, Jonathan Wee Pin Goh)....Pages 1-9
 Understanding Distributed Leadership Practices in the Cultural Context of Singapore Schools  (Jonathan Wee Pin Goh, Salleh Hairon, Simon Q. W. Lim)....Pages 11-29
 Leading and Managing Schools in Indonesia: Historical, Political and Socio-cultural Forces  (Bambang Sumintono, Rais Hidayat, Yuyun Elizabeth Patras, Joko Sriyanto, Umi Anugerah Izzati)....Pages 31-45
 Changing Practices of School Leadership in Taiwan: Evolving Education Reforms  (Hui-Ling Wendy Pan, Fong-Yee Nyeu)....Pages 47-60
 System-Wide Educational Reform Agenda in Shanghai Supporting Leadership for Learning  (Ting Wang, Nicholas Sun-keung Pang)....Pages 61-77
 Leadership for Teacher Professional Learning: A Case Study of Two ‘New-High-Quality’ Primary Schools in Shanghai  (Jie Cao, Nicholas Sun-keung Pang)....Pages 79-94
 Vulnerability as a Gear for School Reform: A Case of Mr. Toshiaki Ose  (Eisuke Saito)....Pages 95-108
 School Leaders in the Midst of Reforms: Crisis and Catharsis in the Philippine Education System  (Vicente Reyes Chua)....Pages 109-131
 Leadership for Instructional Uncertainty Management: Revisiting School Leadership in South Korea’s Context of Educational Reform  (Seung-Hwan Ham, Byeong Chan Kim, Wang Jun Kim)....Pages 133-148
 National Policies, Education Reforms, and Leadership Training and Development: Towards Building a Critical Force of Scholar Leaders in Malaysia  (Ibrahim Ahmad Bajunid)....Pages 149-170
 Conclusion  (Salleh Hairon, Jonathan Wee Pin Goh)....Pages 171-175
 Correction to: Leadership for Instructional Uncertainty Management: Revisiting School Leadership in South Korea’s Context of Educational Reform  (Seung-Hwan Ham, Byeong Chan Kim, Wang Jun Kim)....Pages C1-C1