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Developing Sustainable Leadership

Developing Sustainable Leadership BOOK REVIEW Brent Davies (Ed.) London: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing/Sage, 2007, ISBN 1 412 923 964 Sustainability is one of the emerging concepts in education—in this book Deal refers it as ‘today’s hot idea in good currency’ (p. 95). Perhaps reflecting growing environmental concerns, there is a focus on ensuring that educational reforms of all types lead to positive changes that are sustainable. So too in the educational leadership literature, with recent books by Hargreaves and Fink (2006) and Fullan (2005), there is a deepening consider- ation of what can be termed sustainable leadership. With this book, Brent Davies has brought together a collection of the most eminent writers in educational leadership to provide their perspectives on this concept. Conceptually, sustainable leadership is far from being considered a mature concept. In terms of Reichers and Scheider’s (1990, cited in Hunt, 1999) three-stage model of con- cept development (introduction/elaboration, evaluation/augmentation and consolidation/ accommodation), sustainable leadership appears to be in the introduction/elaboration stage. This book should make an important contribution to elaborating and improving under- standing of the concept, and to identifying future research agendas. Within the book several orientations to the concept are evident. Davies (p. 11) defines sustainable leadership http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Education SAGE

Developing Sustainable Leadership

Gurr, David
Australian Journal of Education , Volume 51 (3): 2 – Nov 1, 2007
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© 2007 Australian Council for Educational Research
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0004-9441
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BOOK REVIEW Brent Davies (Ed.) London: Paul Chapman Educational Publishing/Sage, 2007, ISBN 1 412 923 964 Sustainability is one of the emerging concepts in education—in this book Deal refers it as ‘today’s hot idea in good currency’ (p. 95). Perhaps reflecting growing environmental concerns, there is a focus on ensuring that educational reforms of all types lead to positive changes that are sustainable. So too in the educational leadership literature, with recent books by Hargreaves and Fink (2006) and Fullan (2005), there is a deepening consider- ation of what can be termed sustainable leadership. With this book, Brent Davies has brought together a collection of the most eminent writers in educational leadership to provide their perspectives on this concept. Conceptually, sustainable leadership is far from being considered a mature concept. In terms of Reichers and Scheider’s (1990, cited in Hunt, 1999) three-stage model of con- cept development (introduction/elaboration, evaluation/augmentation and consolidation/ accommodation), sustainable leadership appears to be in the introduction/elaboration stage. This book should make an important contribution to elaborating and improving under- standing of the concept, and to identifying future research agendas. Within the book several orientations to the concept are evident. Davies (p. 11) defines sustainable leadership

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