Enacting Leadership: Same Direction, Different Routes

　　Enacting Leadership: Same Direction, Different Routes 

　　Speaker: Prof. Allan Walker  This talk attempts to introduce a number of current trends in leadership thought. The general argument is that leaders do make a difference in educational organisations; context matters in that it influences how leaders think and act and that worthwhile action reflects these contexts. The talk has a number of sections. The first section outlines a number of trends, including increased consideration of how multiple contexts influence leadership practice. These contexts can relate to the social, physical, political, cultural or personal situations within which leaders lead. The second section targets how leadership is perceived in different societies. This is illustrated briefly through outlining the recent GLOBE Study.  The third section focuses on a set of important effective leadership process common across the world but makes the point that how these are enacted differs according to the context within which leaders lead. Fourth, the talk attempts to apply leadership to higher education contexts. More specifically, what leaders of faculties, centres or departments can do to improve their unit’s effectiveness? The talk concludes with a number of propositions/questions to further guide discussion of leadership in educational organisation. 

　　Allan Walker (汪雅量) is Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Administration and Policy at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also Associate Director of the Hong Kong Center for the Development of Educational Leadership (http://www3.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/ELDevNet). He has worked with teams of principals and international educators to develop, write, co-ordinate and run a series of innovative development programs for aspiring, newly-appointed, experienced principals as well as front-line leaders in international schools. His research interests include principalship preparation and development, cultural influence on school leadership, school improvement, professional learning communities and leadership needs analysis. He has published extensively across a number of areas: educational administration and leadership, school leadership development and learning, culture and school leadership. Till now, he has published more than 80 articles in international leading journals and co-authored and co-edited more than 10 books — his most recent work includes his published book ‘Educational Leadership, Culture and Diversity’ and a chapter named ‘Leadership in Diverse Cultures’ in the 3rd edition of ‘International Encyclopaedia of Education’. Professor Walker is also an editorial board member of a wide range of international journals. 

　　时间：2007年3月29日（周四）上午10:00-12:00     

　　地点：北京大学老化学楼107（教育经济研究所会议室） 

　　（Allan Walker教授为著名学者，现任香港中文大学教育学院教育行政与政策学系系主任、香港教育领导发展中心副主任。主要研究领域为教育行政与领导、学校领导发展与学习、文化与教育领导，成就斐然，著述甚丰。本次演讲将评述目前关于教育领导力研究的发展趋势与学术讨论。）