Courses & Units

Understanding Leadership EDP715

Introduction

Expectations of leaders in educational and other settings can change significantly over the course of a career. In addition to understanding individual issues of changing professional identity, self-preparation, and role transition, leaders are required to engage with heightened responsibilities when government and institutional reforms of structure, culture and practice entail high stakes accountability through outcome-focused performance targeting. By the end of this unit, you will have developed advanced knowledge and skills in the connection between individual and systemic change in leadership practice through study of modules on: approaches to leadership, theories and styles of leadership, the practice of leadership; and the social dimension of leadership in educational and related work contexts. Part of the aims this unit is to enable you to have a better understanding of yourself as a leader and how to lead others.

Summary

Unit name Understanding Leadership
Unit code EDP715
Credit points 12.5
College/School College of Arts, Law and Education
Faculty of Education
Discipline Education
Coordinator Associate Professor Lisa Ehrich
Delivered By University of Tasmania

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Online Semester 1 Off-Campus International Domestic

Key

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International students
Domestic students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 26/2/2024 22/3/2024 15/4/2024 2/6/2024

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Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate an understanding of the theories, styles and practices of leadership
  • Critically reflect on the nature of leadership and its practice within educational and other organisational contexts.
  • Demonstrate your ability to use the literature to support the arguments that you make.
  • Apply new knowledge and understandings in a critically analytical way to practice

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
079999 $555.00 $555.00 not applicable $2,324.00

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Requisites

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

ESM709

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

Off Campus:

Weekly (online) lectures or equivalent (1 hour) and participation in discussion boards (1 hour), reading the textbook and other set readings (5 hours) and attending zoom sessions (1.5 hours once per fortnight).

AssessmentComparative Essay (40%)|Reflective Case Study (60%)
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Textbooks

Required

Northouse, P. (2021). Leadership theory and practices (9th edition). Sage Publications.

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Recommended

Bass, B. M., & Riggio, R. E. (2006). Transformational leadership (2nd ed.). L. Erlbaum Associates.
Bennis, W. (2009). On becoming a leader (4th ed.). Basic Books
Dubrin, A., Dalglish, C., & Miller, P. (2006). Leadership (2nd Asia Pacific ed.). John Wiley & Son.
English, F.W. (2008). The art of educational leadership: Balancing performance and accountability. Sage.
Kets de Vries, M. F. R. (2014). Leadership unhinged: Essays on the ugly, the bad, and the weird. Springer.
Gardner, H. (2011). Leading minds: An anatomy of leadership. Basic Books.
Kouzes, J., & Posner, B. (2017). The leadership challenge. Jossey Bass.
Machiavelli, N. (2020). The prince (W. K. Marriott, trans). Morris-Miller Book.
Netolicky, D. (2021). Future alternatives for educational leadership: Diversity, inclusion, equity, and democracy. Routledge.

Newstead, T. P., & Riggio, R. (Eds.). (2023). Leadership and virtues. Taylor & Francis.

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