Structural equation modeling in educational research: concepts and applications

Preliminary Material /Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Teacher Education: Effective Teaching and School Governance in the 21st Century /Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine -- Governance and Leadership 'of' and 'in' Schools: Schools Leadership between Governance and Student Outcomes in Knowledge Societies /Lejf Moose -- The Role of Teacher Leadership in Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Schools /Dianne L. Taylor -- Cosmopolitan Leadership: Education as a Global Public Good for Sustainable Education Futures /Athena Vongalis-Macrow -- Student – Facilitated Technology Integration as a catalyst for creating School-Based Learning Communities: A Proven Program in the United States and Energing Possibilities in China /Forrest W. Parkay and Mei Wu -- Grassroots Leadership for the 21st Century: Leading by Not Leading /Joan T. Wynne -- Teachers' Research, Professional Development, and Educational Leadership in Schools /Jeroen Imants -- Deepening Our Understanding about School Leadership: Learning from Educators and Non-educators /Lisa Chatherine Ehrich and Neil Cranston -- Transformational Leadership and Organizational Learning in Schools /Bill Mulford and Halia Silins -- Ineffective Leadership Style and Failed Urban School and Recommendations /Issa M. Saleh -- Do "Mainstream" School Reforms Foster the "World's Best School Systems?" /Caitlin Farrell , Guilbert Hentschke and Jonathan Mathis -- Integrating Research on Teacher Education and Educational Effectiveness: Using the Dynamic Model for Teacher Professional Development /Panayiotis Antoniou , Bert P. M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides -- Adding Value to International Professional Development /Bob Burstow -- Technology Training and Professional Development of School Leaders in the U.S.A.: The Critical Need for Reform /Gregory M. Hauser and Dennis W. Koutouzos -- Hidden in Plain Sight: Transformational Schooling and Leadership in the Information Age /Vanessa Allen-Brown and Pamela Twyman Hoff -- Learner - Centered Leadership: A New Perspective for the Preparation and Professional Development of School Leaders /Arnold Danzig -- Improving the Social Capital of Students in High-Poverty Schools: What Will it Take? /Pam Bishop and Helen Mahoney -- Back to the Future?: Educational Reform, and the Impact on Teaching and Teacher Education in Australia /John Williamson and Marion Myhill -- Is There a Recruitment Crisis? School Leadership, Professional Development and Succession Planning /Jim O'Brienon -- List of Contributors /Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Index /Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh.