Pragmatic Adaptive Leadership: Tools for Guiding in Complex Educational Systems

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Pragmatic Adaptive Leadership: Tools for Guiding in Complex Educational Systems

Author(s): Simon Leonard (Author)

  • Publisher: Policy Press
  • Publication Date: September 16, 2025
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Language: English
  • Print length: 186 pages
  • ISBN-10: 1447376978
  • ISBN-13: 9781447376972

Book Description

There is growing interest in complexity across diverse areas of social and governance theory. This book introduces the authors’ own approach to educational innovation and leadership, which recognises the learner as a complex and evolving system comprising cognitive, emotional and socio-cultural ‘sub-systems’.

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About the Author

Simon N. Leonard is Professor of the Learning Sciences at Adelaide University. An experienced educational designer and leader, his research focusses on sustainable research informed school improvement.

Samuel Fowler is Lecturer at Adelaide University. He researches psychological aspects of learning, including motivation and self-regulated learning, to develop authentic learning experiences and strengthen teachers’ pedagogical reasoning.

JohnPaul Kennedy is Senior Lecturer at Adelaide University. He researches students’ attitudes towards learning and leads the development of light-touch measurement tools to facilitate data-informed educational change.

Deborah Devis is Research Fellow and educational designer at Adelaide University. She researches impactful educational change methodologies through systems and complexity thinking.

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