COURSE UNIT TITLE

: LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EYD 5541 LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATION COMPULSORY 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Educational Administration and Supervision Non-Thesis

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ALI AKSU

Offered to

Educational Administration and Supervision Non-Thesis

Course Objective

Knowing and understanding leadership issues in education, and developing new perspectives for practice in school administration.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knowing Theoritical foundations of educational leadership
2   Exploring the current state of leadership in school management processes
3   Exploring new perspectives in research on educational leadership
4   Rethinking school principalship and management
5   Knowing the effects of leadership in school management and school development

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Definition of leadership
2 Theories of educational leadership
3 Exploring the current state of leadership in school management processes
4 Effects of leadership in schools and school development
5 Rethinking school principalship, collaborative management;
6 Transformational leadership,
7 Distributed leadership and teacher leadership,
8 Midterm exam
9 Cultural leadership,
10 Sustainable leadership,
11 Ethical leadership, moral leadership,
12 Constructivist leadership, etc.;
13 New perspectives in research on educational leadership.
14 Leadership practices in schools
15 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Arrowsmith, T. (2005). Distributed leadership: three questions, two answers: A review of the Hay Group Education research, July 2004. Management in Education, 19, 30-33.
Begley, P. T. (2001). In pursuit of authentic school leadership practices. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 4, 353-365.
Bogotch, I. E. (2005). A history of public school leadership. In F. W. English (Ed.). The SAGE handbook of educational leadership: Advances in theory, research, and practice. (7-33). London, New Delhi: Sage Publications.
Bush, T. (2003). Theories of educational leadership and management. (3. Ed.) London: Sage.
Crowther, F., Kaagen, S., Ferguson, M., and Hann, L. (2002). Developing teacher leaders: How teacher leadership enhances school success. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Discussion, group work, lecture, question-answer, cooperative learning techniques

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Kadir.beycioglu@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Preparation for midterm exam 1 25 25
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparation for quiz etc. 1 25 25
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 259

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.243255555
LO.311
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LO.54333333