Week 1

Required Readings

• Bailey, J. A. (2021). Building learning capacity in an age of uncertainty: Leading an agile and adaptive school (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144847  (Chapter 1- Complexity, Agility, and Capacity)
• Morrison, K. (2010). Complexity theory, school leadership and management: Questions for theory and practice. Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 38(3), 374-393. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741143209359711

Recommended Readings

• Theodoulides, L., Kormancová, G., Cole,D.(2019). Leading in the age of innovation: Change of values and approaches. Routledge. (Part Three)
• Burner T. (2018). Why is educational change so difficult and how can we make it more effective?. Forskning og Forandring, 1(1), 122–134. https://doi.org/10.23865/fof.v1.1081

Week 2

Required Reading

• Bailey, J. A. (2021). Building learning capacity in an age of uncertainty: Leading an agile and adaptive school (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144847 (Chapte 2- A New Model of Capacity for Learning)

Recommended Reading

• Sasson,I., Grinshtain,Y., Ayali, T. & Yehuda,I. (2022): Leading the school change: The relationships between distributed leadership, resistance to change, and pedagogical practices. International Journal of Leadership in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2022.2068187
• Theodoulides, L., Kormancová, G., & Cole, D. (2019). Leading in the age of innovations: Change of values and approaches. Routledge.(Chapter 1: Emerging Trends in Leadership)

Week 3

Required Reading

• Stewart, D. S. (2022). “An overwhelming, scrutinised, roller coaster experience – I love it!": New headteachers’ first 100 days”. In Richards, G., Wheatley, C.(Eds), Innovative school leadership-transforming practices (pp. 11-21 ). Routledge.
• OECD. (2016). Innovating education and educating for innovation, the power of digital technologies and skills. Educational Research and Innovation. Innovating Education and Educating for Innovation: The Power of Digital Technologies and Skills | en | OECD

            (Chapter 1- The innovation imperative in education)

• Holon IQ. (2018). 2021 Global learning landscape: An open-source taxonomy for the future of education. Mapping the learning and talent innovation landscape. https://www.globallearninglandscape.org/

Recommended Reading

• Fındıkoğlu, F. , İlhan,D. (2016). Realization of a desired future: Innovation in education. Universal Journal of Educational Research, 4(11): 2574-2580, 2016. https://doi.org/10.13189/ujer.2016.041110
• Harland, J. (2020). Leading a school culture of learning: How to improve attainment, progress and wellbeing. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429343889 (chapter 2- attitudes for learning & 3- Skills for Learning)Innovation

Week 4

Required Reading

• Tyunnikov, Y. (2016). Interrelation of evaluation and self-evaluation in the diagnostic procedures to assess teachers’ readiness for innovation.  European Journal of Contemporary Education, 16(2). https://doi.org/10.13187/ejced.2016.16.248
• Wiliam, D. (2016). Leadership [for] teacher learning: Creating a culture where all teachers improve so that all students succeed. Learning Sciences International.   ( Chapters Why We Need to Raise Students’ Achievement, what Has been Tried ans Why it Has Not worked)

Recommended Reading

• Schultz, C., Mietzner, D., & Hartmann, F. (2016). Action research as a viable methodology in entrepreneurship research. In E. S. C. Berger & A. Kuckertz (Eds.), Complexity in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Research (pp. 267–283). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27108-8_13
• Stern, T., Townsend, A., Rauch, F., & Schuster, A. (Eds.). (2013). Action research, innovation and change : International perspectives across disciplines. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315851563

           (Chapter 1- From Micro to macro Politics: AR as a Driving Force for Change.)

• Government of Dubai (2015-16). School self-evaluation form for improvement planning A resource for schools. KHDA.

Week 5

Required Reading

• Groff, J. (2013). Technology-rich innovative learning environments. OECD. 

Recommended Reading

• Reis,Y., Barroso, J., Lopes,J. , Mikropoulos,T.,  Fan,Ch.(2021). Technology and innovation in learning, teaching and education: Second international conference, TECH-EDU 2020, Vila Real, Portugal, December 2–4, ... in Computer and Information Science. Springer.

Week 6

Required Readings

• Bosman,L., Fernhaber, S.(2021). Teaching the entrepreneurial mindset across the university. Springer. ( Chapters 1-Motivation & 2-Design)

• Lans, T., Tynjälä, P., Biemans, H., Ratinho, T., & Karimi, S. (2017). Entrepreneurship education with impact: Opening the black box. Education Research International, 2017, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7051795

Recommended Reading

• Lackéus, M. (2015). Entrepreneurship in education: What, why, when, how. OECD. https://www.oecd.org/cfe/leed/BGP_Entrepreneurship-in-Education.pdf

Week 7

Required Readings

• Bosman, L., Fernhaber, S.(2021). Teaching the entrepreneurial mindset across the university. Springer. ( Chapters 2-Design & 3- Application)

• Lans, T., Tynjälä, P., Biemans, H., Ratinho, T., & Karimi, S. (2017b). Entrepreneurship education with impact: Opening the black box. Education Research International, 2017, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/7051795

Case Study

• Retna, K. S. (2016). Thinking about “design thinking”: A study of teacher experiences. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 36(sup1), 5–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/02188791.2015.1005049

Recommended Reading:

• Brauckmann-Sajkiewicz, S., & Pashiardis, P. (2022). Entrepreneurial leadership in schools: Linking creativity with accountability. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 25(5), 787–801. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2020.1804624

Week 9

Required Readings:

• Bailey, J. A. (2021). Building learning capacity in an age of uncertainty: Leading an agile and adaptive school (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144847

          (Chapter 3- Capacity as Organizational Learning Processes)

• Brazer, S.D., Bauer, S.C., & Johnson, Jr., B.L. (2018). Leading schools to learn, grow, and thrive: Using theory to strengthen practice. Routledge. (Chapter 6- Organizational Learning)
• Kools, M. & Stoll L. (2016), “What Makes a School a Learning Organisation?”.OECD. Education Working Papers, No. 137, OECD Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5jlwm62b3bvh-en

Recommended Readings:

• Harris, A., & Jones, M. (2018). Leading schools as learning organizations. School Leadership & Management, 38(4), 351–354. https://doi.org/10.1080/13632434.2018.1483553
• Alkrdem, M. (2020). Contemporary educational leadership and its role in converting traditional schools into professional learning communities. International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 8(2), 144–171. https://doi.org/10.17583/ijelm.2020.4298

Week 10

Required Reading:

• Wiliam, D. (2016). Leadership [for] teacher learning: Creating a culture where all teachers improve so that all students succeed. Learning Sciences International.       

         ( Chapters 2-Teacher quality and 6-Teacher Learning)

Recommended Reading:

• Al Barwani, T., Assunção Flores, M., & Imig, D. (Eds.). (2018). Leading change in teacher education: Lessons from countries and education leaders around the globe (1st ed.). Routledge.

           (Chapters 10 and 15)

Week 11

Required Readings:

• Bailey, J. A. (2021). Building learning capacity in an age of uncertainty: Leading an agile and adaptive school (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003144847 (Chapters 5- Capacity as Individual Skills and Beliefs and 7- Leading for Capacity Development) 
• Harland, J. (2020). Leading a school culture of learning: How to improve attainment, progress and wellbeing. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429343889 (chapter 2- attitudes for learning)

Case Study

• Montonen, T., & Eriksson, P. (2013). Teaching and learning innovation practice: A case study from Finland. International Journal of Human Resources Development and Management, 13(2/3), 107. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHRDM.2013.055412.

Recommended Reading:

• Al Barwani, T., Assunção Flores, M., & Imig, D. (Eds.). (2018). Leading change in teacher education: Lessons from countries and education leaders around the globe (1st ed.). Routledge.  (Chapters 10 and 15)