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Publication Date: 2017
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Implementing and Investigating Distributed Leadership in a National University Network--SaMnet
Sharma, Manjula D.; Rifkin, Will; Tzioumis, Vicky; Hill, Matthew; Johnson, Elizabeth; Varsavsky, Cristina; Jones, Susan; Beames, Stephanie; Crampton, Andrea; Zadnik, Marjan; Pyke, Simon
Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, v39 n2 p169-182 2017
The literature suggests that collaborative approaches to leadership, such as distributed leadership, are essential for supporting educational innovators in leading change in teaching in universities. This paper briefly describes the array of activities, processes and resources to support distributed leadership in the implementation of a network, the Science and Mathematics Network of Australian University Educators--SaMnet. The research study investigated participating educational innovators' experiences of distributed leadership using a mixed method approach after 2 years of immersion in SaMnet. Fifty innovators from 100 were surveyed and data analysed to obtain influences of the teams, the institution and SaMnet. Focus groups were used to extract rich descriptions of the experiences of the innovators. The study suggests that distributed leadership as the approach underpinning SaMnet cultivated leadership helping to complement team and institutional influences in a measurable way and to support educational innovators in leading change in university science and mathematics teaching.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Associations, College Faculty, Participative Decision Making, Transformational Leadership, Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Styles, Institutional Research, Focus Groups, Mixed Methods Research, Teacher Surveys, Communities of Practice, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers, Social Networks, Leadership Training, Faculty Development, Experiential Learning, Learning Activities, Influences, Organizational Change, Organizational Culture, Interpersonal Relationship, Program Implementation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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