Leadership in early education in times of change : research from five continents / Petra Strehmel, Johanna Heikka, Eeva Hujala, Jillian Rodd, Manjula Waniganayake (eds.)

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Leadership in early education in times of change – an orientation (Johanna Heikka, Eeva Hujala, Jillian Rodd, Petra Strehmel & Manjula Waniganayake) -- SECTION I: LEADERSHIP PREPARATION AND TRAINING -- Shadowing as a method in leadership preparation in teaching practice in early childhood teacher education in Norway (Karin Hognestad & Marit Bøe, University of South-Eastern, Norway) -- Supervising and supporting grade R practitioners in South African schools (Matshediso Rebecca Modise, University of South Africa) -- Mentoring of graduate teachers by educational leaders in early childhood settings: A systematic review of leadership studies from Australia and Finland (Yuki Takahashi Braybrook, Willoughby City Council, Australia) -- Knowledge transfer in German early childhood education settings: the role of leaders (Daniela Ulber & Petra Strehmel, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) -- Which personnel development measures do companies operating daycare centers in Germany use? (Eva Kless, University of Education Karlsruhe, Germany) -- Measures of personnel development in different types of German early childhood education (ECE) enterprises (Petra Strehmel, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany) -- SECTION II: ENACTING AND DEVELOPING LEADERSHIP IN ECE SETTINGS -- How do early childhood education directors in Finland see themselves? Selected findings based on the orientation project (Ulla Soukainen, ECEC in the city of Turku, Finland) -- Does leadership exist in early childhood education in Tanzania? (Fortidas Bakuza, Agha Khan University, Tanzania) -- Leadership diffractions, vibrations andproductions – perspectives from Norway (Merete Moe, Queen Maud University College, Trondheim, Norway) -- Developing a learning organization – creating a common culture of knowledge sharing – an action research project in an early childhood centre in Norway (Per Tore Granrusten, Queen Maud University College, Trondheim, Norway) -- Diversity of the assessments of a joint leadership model in early childhood education (Elina Fonsén, University of Helsinki, Finland & Marjo Mäntyjärvi, University of Oulu, Finland) -- SECTION III: LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE -- Complexity leadership theory: a framework forleading in Australian early childhood education settings (Leanne Gibbs, Charles Sturt University, Australia, Frances Press, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom & Sandie Wong, Macquarie University, Australia -- Implementing the Norwegian framework plan – organizational and leadership translation strategies (Birgitte Ljunggren & Kari Hoås Moen, Queen Maud University of Early Childhood Education, Trondheim, Norway) -- Current Japanese leadership roles in meeting social changes in early childhood education (Chika Inoue, Tokoha University, Junior College, Japan & Masayo Kawakita, Jumonji University, Japan) -- Investing in Hamburg’s future – early childhood education and children’s day care in Hamburg (Jan Pörksen, State Secretary of the Hamburg Ministry of Labour, Social- and Family Affairs and Integration, Germany & Dirk Bange, Hamburg Ministry of Labor, Social, Family Affairs and Integration, Germany) -- SECTION IV: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS -- Working as early childhood centre directors and deputies – perspectives from Australia, Finland and Norway (Leena Halttunen, Margaret Sims, Manjula Waniganayake, Fay Hadley, Marit Bøe, Karin Hognestad & Johanna Heikka) -- International review of ECE Leadership Research – Finland, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Africa and the United States under Review (Elina Fonsé Finland, Jan Varpanen, Finland, Petra Strehmel, Germany, Masayo Kawakita, Japan, Chika Inoue, Japan, Shaireen Marchant, UK, Matshediso Modise, South Africa Tunde Szecsi, USA & Clarisse Halpern, USA -- The TALIS Starting Strong Survey: implications for the leadership discourse in early childhood education and care (Daniel Turani & Simone Bloem, German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany) -- Epilogue (Jillian Rodd, Educational Consultant, England)

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The collection brings together the latest work of researchers from Australia, Africa, Asia, and Europe focusing on early childhood leadership matters. It covers different aspects of leadership in early education: professional education and development, identity and leadership strategies as well as governance and leadership under different frame conditions.