Table of Contents

Preface Part I: A Background of Inaction and Complexity 1. The need for a new Model of Education Leadership 2. Educational Leadership and the Threat of Inaction. 3. Educational Leadership for an Age of Complex Problems Part II: Covert Threats 4. Unmasking the Threats of Covert Processes 5. Planning for the Future by Scanning the Deep Past 6. Educational Leadership in an Uncertain Political Future 7. Understanding and Preparing for Tipping Points Part III: Leadership Responses 8. The Educational Leader's Role in Preventing Tipping Points 9. Using the Covid-19 Experience to Respond to Future Threats 10. The Ethical Commitments of Steward Leaders 11. New Frames for Accountability and Inspection 12. Educational Leadership for a World of Covert Threats Afterword References Index

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The first book to describe five covert threats to sustainability affecting the role of the educational leader, and how that role needs to be adapted to meet them.

About the Author

Mike Bottery is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Hull, UK. He has published widely on issues of educational leadership, values and sustainability, including the highly-regarded Educational Leadership for a More Sustainable World (Bloomsbury, 2016) and (with Wong Ping Ho and George Ngai) Sustainable School Leadership (Bloomsbury, 2018).

Reviews

…this is an excellent book, bringing together some of the major issues of our time, in a way that is both intellectually rigorous yet readable … This book has huge breadth and depth… I am delighted that I was able to read this now. I think the book will have a profound impact in the area of leadership in education.
*Megan Crawford, Professor in the Centre for Global Learning: Education and Attainment (GLEA), Coventry University, UK*