Reading list for Education Leadership & Management MA – 2026/27

Courtney, S. Gunter, H. M., Niesche, R. and Trujillo, T. (2022). “Introduction: taking critical perspectives and using critical approaches in educational leadership”. In Courtney, S. Gunter, H. M., Niesche, R. and Trujillo, T. (eds) Understanding educational leadership: critical perspectives and approaches. London: Bloomsbury.

Biesta, G. J. J. (2017). “Educational leadership for what? An educational examination” InWaite, D. and Bogotch, I. Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership.Wiley & Sons Inc.

Gunter, H. (2001). Critical approaches to leadership in education. Journal of EducationEnquiry (2:2). p 94—108.

McGinity, R., Heffernan, A. & S. Courtney (2022). Mapping trends in educationalleadership research: A longitudinal examination of knowledge production, approachesand locations. Education Management, Administration and Leadership 50(2) p.217—232.

Gardner-McTaggart, A. C. (2020). Educational leadership and global crises: reimaginingplanetary futures through social practice. International Journal of Leadership inEducation, 25(4) p647—663, DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2020.1811900