| Achieving Success with Your Leadership Project Contributor(s): Middlewood, David (Author), Abbott, Ian (Author) |
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ISBN: 0857023675 ISBN-13: 9780857023674 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $58.90 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Study Aids - Education | Research |
| Dewey: 808.066 |
| LCCN: 2011921274 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.6" W x 9.4" (0.90 lbs) 200 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book gives a complete guide to carrying out and completing a project or dissertation which has a leadership or management focus. It is written in accessible, jargon-free language and provides practical advice in all the relevant areas of research and its reporting. The authors provide case examples of students′ work from a range of contexts. They give guidance on what pitfalls to avoid, and show clearly how to structure the project, write a literature review, present personal research findings, as well as how to understand different kinds of research, assessment, and maximizing tutorial support. |
Contributor Bio(s): Middlewood, David: - David Middlewood is currently a part-time Research Fellow at the Centre for Educational Studies in the University of Warwick, having previously worked at the University of Lincoln and the University of Leicester where he was Deputy Director of the Centre for Educational Leadership and Management. Prior to working in Higher Education, David taught in schools for many years, culminating in the principalship of a comprehensive secondary school for nine years, where awards were won for creative arts and equal opportunities. He has taught and researched extensively in the UK and also in various countries in Europe and Africa, being a visiting professor in New Zealand and in South Africa. David has written and edited more than twenty books, many on people leadership and management, strategic leadership, appraisal, practitioner research and some recent research includes work on high performing teams, support staff and student voice. He was co-editor of two professional journals for both primary and secondary school leaders for over six years. He recently co-authored a book on the leadership of groups of schools and his current work (with Ian Abbott) concerns leadership of learning for disadvantaged pupils. |