Thinking while leading. Understanding school leaders' everyday thinking

Abstract

What do school leaders think while performing their jobs? What is the nature of these thinking processes? And what is their function, with regard to the day-to-day leadership in the school? These questions are central to the research reported in this book. Three approaches to studying the thinking processes of school leaders are explored. A naturalistic, interpretative research approach has been taken, to gain more insight in the “how” of daily school leadership. By giving tangible descriptions of real-life leadership situations, this book provides new insights in the dynamics of how school leaders think and act to deal with daily complexity in their schools.