The Relational Leader : Catalyzing Social Networks for Educational Change

Highlighting leadership from a social and relational perspective, this book has a particular emphasis on the innovative role that social networks play in systems change.The social systems engaged in this volume cut across a wide array of stakeholder groups, ranging from student learners, pre-service/in-service teachers, administrators, community leaders, and out to organizations and communities that reflect well beyond the education sector, showcasing diverse perspectives from multiple areas and international settings. Bringing together 32 distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA, this book explores the use of social networks in education across different contexts and settings, connecting it with leadership practice that works at these settings for change.The contributors also examine online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks.Ultimately, the volume showcases that le