The Relational Leader
Catalyzing Social Networks for Educational Change
Published on 26. June 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-350-33646-9 (ISBN)
Description
Highlighting leadership from a social and relational perspective, this book has a particular emphasis on the innovative role that social networks play in systems change. The social systems engaged in this volume cut across a wide array of stakeholder groups, ranging from student learners, pre-service/in-service teachers, administrators, community leaders, and out to organizations and communities that reflect well beyond the education sector, showcasing diverse perspectives from multiple areas and international settings.
Bringing together 32 distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA, this book explores the use of social networks in education across different contexts and settings, connecting it with leadership practice that works at these settings for change. The contributors also examine online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the volume showcases that leadership is social influence through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships.
In addition to the breadth of studies connecting innovative leadership research to practice in this volume, the contributors also explore a new area of social networks and leadership by examining online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the selected chapters in this volume make the point that "leadership is social influence" through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships.
Bringing together 32 distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Taiwan, the UK and the USA, this book explores the use of social networks in education across different contexts and settings, connecting it with leadership practice that works at these settings for change. The contributors also examine online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the volume showcases that leadership is social influence through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships.
In addition to the breadth of studies connecting innovative leadership research to practice in this volume, the contributors also explore a new area of social networks and leadership by examining online and virtual social behaviors and their connections to face to face networks. Ultimately, the selected chapters in this volume make the point that "leadership is social influence" through examining a variety of social systems through social relationships.
Reviews / Votes
This excellent book focuses on how leaders can leverage the power of social networks to shape educational change. School leadership is redefined as the ability to spark and direct fluid learning environments through the interaction of relationships and resources. The Relational Leader offers a new, dynamic vision of leadership in education. -- Richard Halverson, Kellner Family Professor of Urban Education, University of Wisconsin- Madison, USA In bringing together an array of international perspectives and lenses focusing on different levels of social networking and their implications, Yi-Hwa Liou and Alan Daly have created a compelling case for network literacy and associated intentional leadership action. Frequently drawing on fresh insights from doctoral research, the book contains valuable messages for school and system leaders, researchers, policy makers and educational partners. -- Louise Stoll, Emeritus Professor of Professional Learning, IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education and Society, University College London, UK This edited volume highlights leadership from a social and relational perspective across different contexts and settings, with a particular focus on the role of social networks in system change, involving a wide range of stakeholder groups. -- Denise Mifsud, Associate Professor in Educational Leadership, Management & Governance, University of Bath, UK This high quality collection edited by Liou and Daly fills a significant gap in the contemporary educational leadership literature. In a world where we have been rocked by a pandemic and the existential challenge of climate change, not to mention multiple regional crises and widespread fiscal uncertainty, all of which look certain to entrench and exacerbate educational and social inequities. Never than now have we needed to rethink what is important to us or how we need do things as a matter of such urgency. This will require leadership that is fit for the future rather than replicates the failures of the past.The empirical research reported here challenges traditional orthodoxies and serves as a springboard to reframing understandings of leadership and leadership practice. The authors within this collection take up the challenge of, and successfully reposition the leadership debate into new territory which gives us all hope for the future. -- Christopher Chapman, Professor of Educational Policy and Practice, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Adult education
Illustrations
20 bw illus
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-350-33646-9 (9781350336469)
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11/2023
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
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11/2023
1st Edition
Bloomsbury Academic
€31.99
Available for download
Persons
Yi-Hwa Liou is Professor in the Department of Educational Management at the National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan.
Alan J. Daly is Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego, USA.
Alan J. Daly is Professor in the Department of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego, USA.
Content
Series Editors' Foreword
Part I: The Social Leader
1. The Relational Leader: Mapping the Landscape of Leadership and Change Through Social Networks, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
2. Organizational Advancement by Learning Together: Leadership for Professional Learning, Kenneth Leithwood (University of Toronto, Canada)
Part II: Students, Leadership and Networks
3. Leading Towards Relational Inclusivity for Students Identified as Having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Christoforos Mamas (University of California, San Diego, USA) and David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA)
4. The Impact of Support Networks on the Education and Development of Pre-Service Teachers, Chloe Eddy (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK)
5. Strong Ties and Social Boundaries: Social Networks and Program Influence on Preservice Teachers' Social Justice Teacher Identities, Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Part III: School-wide Networks
6. Teachers' Interactions about Multilingual Learner Instruction: Considerations for Elementary School Leaders in the United States, Megan Hopkins (University of California, San Diego, USA), Lisa Matsukata (University of California, San Diego, USA), & Tracy M. Sweet (University of Maryland, USA)
7. Teacher Collaboration in Times of Change - Enhancing Existing Research in Norway Through A Social Network Analysis Perspective, Esther T. Canrinus (University of Agder, Norway) and Jo Inge Johansen Froytlog (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway)
8. Structures That Support Leader Development and School Improvement: Insights from Mixed Method Research, Darren Bryant (Curtin University, Australia) and Allan Walker (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
9. Leadership Landscape: Configuring Social Influence During School Reform, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan)
Part IV: System-wide Leadership Networks
10. Competition to Cross-School Collaboration: A Social Network Perspective of Local System Leadership in England, Sotiria Kanavidou (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK)
11. In Pursuit of Community of Learning: Investigating a Cross-School Leadership Team, Joelle Rodway (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), Rachel Cann (The University of Auckland, New Zealand), and Claire Sinnema (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
12. The Role of Relationships: Illustrating System-Wide Disruption on Leadership Networks, David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA), Anita Caduff (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
13. Knowledge Brokers as Informal Leaders in a Multi-District Learning Network, Joelle Rodway, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Mica Pollock (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Susan Yonezawa (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Part V: Educational Leadership Beyond Transitional Boundaries
14. An Investigation of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Through Social Network Analysis, Rene Baston (Team 8, USA), Catherine Cramer (Woods Hole Institute, USA), Alan Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Florence D. Hudson (Columbia University, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Kathryn Naum (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Wren Thompson (University of Washington, USA), Laycca Umer (New York Hall of Science, USA), and Stephen Uzzo (New York Hall of Science; New York Institute of Technology, USA)
15. Bridging the Divide - How Principals Can Broker Information and Resources between Off- & Online Spaces, Martin Rehm (University of Regensburg, Germany), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Miguel del Fresno (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain)
Part VI: Conclusions
16. New Directions and Next Steps for Social Network Research and Design of Teachers' Professional Development: Building Critical Network Literacy, Kira J. Baker-Doyle (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
17. Where Are We Headed? A Relationally Focused Agenda for Research and Practice in Leadership, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Index
Part I: The Social Leader
1. The Relational Leader: Mapping the Landscape of Leadership and Change Through Social Networks, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
2. Organizational Advancement by Learning Together: Leadership for Professional Learning, Kenneth Leithwood (University of Toronto, Canada)
Part II: Students, Leadership and Networks
3. Leading Towards Relational Inclusivity for Students Identified as Having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, Christoforos Mamas (University of California, San Diego, USA) and David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA)
4. The Impact of Support Networks on the Education and Development of Pre-Service Teachers, Chloe Eddy (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK)
5. Strong Ties and Social Boundaries: Social Networks and Program Influence on Preservice Teachers' Social Justice Teacher Identities, Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Part III: School-wide Networks
6. Teachers' Interactions about Multilingual Learner Instruction: Considerations for Elementary School Leaders in the United States, Megan Hopkins (University of California, San Diego, USA), Lisa Matsukata (University of California, San Diego, USA), & Tracy M. Sweet (University of Maryland, USA)
7. Teacher Collaboration in Times of Change - Enhancing Existing Research in Norway Through A Social Network Analysis Perspective, Esther T. Canrinus (University of Agder, Norway) and Jo Inge Johansen Froytlog (University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway)
8. Structures That Support Leader Development and School Improvement: Insights from Mixed Method Research, Darren Bryant (Curtin University, Australia) and Allan Walker (The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
9. Leadership Landscape: Configuring Social Influence During School Reform, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan)
Part IV: System-wide Leadership Networks
10. Competition to Cross-School Collaboration: A Social Network Perspective of Local System Leadership in England, Sotiria Kanavidou (University of Southampton, UK) and Christopher Downey (University of Southampton, UK)
11. In Pursuit of Community of Learning: Investigating a Cross-School Leadership Team, Joelle Rodway (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada), Rachel Cann (The University of Auckland, New Zealand), and Claire Sinnema (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
12. The Role of Relationships: Illustrating System-Wide Disruption on Leadership Networks, David Trautman (University of California, San Diego, USA), Anita Caduff (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
13. Knowledge Brokers as Informal Leaders in a Multi-District Learning Network, Joelle Rodway, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Mica Pollock (University of California, San Diego, USA), and Susan Yonezawa (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Part V: Educational Leadership Beyond Transitional Boundaries
14. An Investigation of the Northeast Big Data Innovation Hub Through Social Network Analysis, Rene Baston (Team 8, USA), Catherine Cramer (Woods Hole Institute, USA), Alan Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Florence D. Hudson (Columbia University, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Kathryn Naum (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA), Wren Thompson (University of Washington, USA), Laycca Umer (New York Hall of Science, USA), and Stephen Uzzo (New York Hall of Science; New York Institute of Technology, USA)
15. Bridging the Divide - How Principals Can Broker Information and Resources between Off- & Online Spaces, Martin Rehm (University of Regensburg, Germany), Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA), Peter Bjorklund Jr. (University of California, San Diego, USA), Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan), Miguel del Fresno (Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia, Spain)
Part VI: Conclusions
16. New Directions and Next Steps for Social Network Research and Design of Teachers' Professional Development: Building Critical Network Literacy, Kira J. Baker-Doyle (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
17. Where Are We Headed? A Relationally Focused Agenda for Research and Practice in Leadership, Yi-Hwa Liou (National Taipei University of Education, Taiwan) and Alan J. Daly (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Index