International and Cross-cultural Educational Leadership Collaboration and Teaching IRN

IRN Start Date: March 15, 2013

Educational leadership has experienced impressive development over several decades, but a robust international and comparative branch has failed to emerge. This IRN promotes International and Cross-cultural Educational Leadership research relating to teaching, learning, collaboration, policy, and practice. Rigorous conceptualization and measurement of international and cross-cultural issues in educational leadership form the core of this research network, which will be developed through collaboration among participating scholars representing a variety of perspectives. In this IRN, educational leadership refers to administration roles at schools, universities, and other educational institutions that go beyond traditional management and administrative tasks.

A case is built for comparative and international educational leadership based on the knowledge that conceptual frameworks and instrumentation are imperative to keep abreast of globalization of policy and practice. Countries included in this IRN are the United States, China, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone and Kenya. Strategic partnerships among the participating scholars underscore the importance of interconnectedness in terms of qualitative research, collaboration, and cooperation and critical thinking skills in Educational Leadership.

Convener:

Dr. Jasmine Renner

Associate Professor

Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
East Tennessee State University
Clemmer College of Education,
501-A Warf Pickel Hall
Box 70550

Johnson City, TN 37614
rennerj@etsu.edu

Co-Conveners:

Dr. Catherine Glascock

Professor
Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis

East Tennessee State University
Clemmer College of Education,
512 Warf Pickel Hall
Box 70550

Johnson City, TN 37614
glascock@etsu.edu

Dr. Rosalind Gann
Associate Professor
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

East Tennessee State University
Clemmer College of Education,

414 Warf Pickel Hall

Box 70684

Johnson City, TN 37614
gannr@etsu.edu

Dr. Arnold Nyarambi

Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching and Learning

East Tennessee State University
Clemmer College of Education,
310 Warf Pickel Hall

Box 70548

Johnson City, TN 37614

Email: nyarambi@etsu.edu

List of Participants

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