Educational Management and Leadership
The course deals with issues related to leadership and school effectiveness, including effective leadership, types of leadership and assessment demands of organizations. More specifically, practical and theoretical concepts related to management and leadership are processed in the course in relation to different themes and topics within leadership studies, such as educational leadership and learning, international comparisons as well as leadership and management for change.
Teaching Format
The course contains compulsory instruction, which combines lectures, workshops, discussions and group work to achieve the learning outcomes. Included in the course is obligatory presentation of students own examination as well as critical review of another student’s examination task. Students are required to attend 80% of the compulsory course sessions. Student absences of more than 20% of the course sessions must be compensated via additional course assignments.
