World Scientific Publishing Company Leadership for Change: The Singapore Schools' Experience

Singapore has been a model of planned change: the success of its education system witnesses the importance of planning for development. But all education systems are now facing challenges that call for innovative and flexible responses. In this highly readable collection the authors offer ecological leadership as a way of sustaining a healthy tension between central planning and innovative responses to new demands. The chapters give fascinating accounts of how school leadership can shape schools to be future-oriented. It is a must read for all those who believe there is more to schooling than regurgitating past knowledge and more to leadership than being a manager. – Professor Anne Edwards, Professor Emeritus, University of Oxford The book shares stories of the role of school leadership in Singapore, with case studies from selected schools, that provides some insights on how Singapore delivers a high-quality education that had led to it achieving high rankings in TIMMS and PISA. This book will provide both the historical and present contexts of changes in the education system, school leadership and teacher leadership in Singapore that made it what it is today. It will distil some universal principles of educational change that school leaders and policy makers can apply in bringing about educational changes that will enhance the learning experiences of students and prepare them for future challenges.