TY - JOUR
T1 - Contextualizing Distributed Leadership Within Early Childhood Education
T2 - Current Understandings, Research Evidence and future Challenges
AU - Heikka, Johanna
AU - Waniganayake, Manjula
AU - Hujala, Eeva
PY - 2013/1
Y1 - 2013/1
N2 - This article seeks to establish a new research agenda on distributed leadership by linking early childhood and school leadership research. It begins with a discussion of how distributed leadership is conceptualized, including a discussion of the main features and meanings of distributed leadership as defined by key scholars who have maintained a sustained interest in this topic. It explores theoretical bases underpinning leadership research that have adopted a distributed leadership framework in general and within early childhood education organizations in particular. By critiquing the application of learning derived from school-based research within early childhood settings, this article aims to engage readers across different education sectors to collaborate in reconceptualizing distributed leadership in the future.
AB - This article seeks to establish a new research agenda on distributed leadership by linking early childhood and school leadership research. It begins with a discussion of how distributed leadership is conceptualized, including a discussion of the main features and meanings of distributed leadership as defined by key scholars who have maintained a sustained interest in this topic. It explores theoretical bases underpinning leadership research that have adopted a distributed leadership framework in general and within early childhood education organizations in particular. By critiquing the application of learning derived from school-based research within early childhood settings, this article aims to engage readers across different education sectors to collaborate in reconceptualizing distributed leadership in the future.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84872351166&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1741143212462700
DO - 10.1177/1741143212462700
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872351166
SN - 1741-1432
VL - 41
SP - 30
EP - 44
JO - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
JF - Educational Management Administration and Leadership
IS - 1
ER -