Pedagogies for Leading Practice / edited by Sandra Cheeseman and Rosie Walker.

1. Preface : finding purpose and direction
2. Engaging with data to foster children's learning : from population data to local projects
3. Leading pedagogical practice: co-constructing knowledge between educators and children
4. Leadership for all, learning for all : making this visible by writing learning stories that enable children, families and teachers to have
a voice 6. Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking 7. Pedagogical leadership : interrogating self in order to lead others
8. Pedagogical leadership : challenges and opportunities 9. Pedagogical leadership as ethical collaborative behavior
10. Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking 11. Walking with families in an indigenous early childhood community 12. Transformative pedagogical encounters: leading and learning in/as a collective movementnt
13. Utilising strengths in families and communities to support children's learning and wellbeing 14. Editorial provocations: engaging readers and extending thinking
15. Enacting pedagogical leadership within small teams in early childhood settings in Finland : reflections on system-wide
considerations 16. Pedagogical leadership and conflict of motives in commercial ECCE environments
17. Pedagogic leadership within complex and changing ECEC systems
18. Editorial provocations : engaging readers and extending thinking
19. Coda : thinking forward

"Bringing together the experiences of professionals from around the world, this essential text explores the intersections between pedagogy and leadership to consider how effective Pedagogical Leadership can be used to foster the collaborative engagement of children and their families, staff and practitioners, and ensure high quality provision in early years settings and services. Pedagogies for Leading Practice showcases a vast range of experiences and ideas which are at the heart of professional practice. Written to provoke group discussion and extend thinking, opportunities for international comparison, points for reflection, and editorial provocations will help students, policy-makers and others engage critically with wide-ranging approaches to leadership in early years practice. Considering varied forms of collaborative working, the challenges involved in becoming a pedagogical leader, and the role of management in meeting insitutional demands and the needs of the wider community, chapters are divided into four key sections which reflect major influences on practice and pedagogy: - Being alongside children - Those who educate - Embedding families and communities - Working with systems Offering insight, examples and challenges, this text will enhance understanding, support self-directed learning, and provoke and transform thinking at both graduate and postgraduate levels, particularly in the field of early childhood education and care"--

Includes bibliographical references.