Leadership in Early Childhood Education

Article #7

Bib. Information (APA

Formatting):

Bush, T. (2013). Leadership in early childhood education. Educational

Management Administration & Leadership, 41(1), 3-4.
doi:10.1177/1741143212462968

Author(s) Affiliation:

Tony Bush- Author of Leadership and Management Development in

Education

Type of Resource:
(Scholarly /Trade/Other)
Summary of essential
information:

Way in which this source

influences the field related to
your inquiry (ex. Math
teaching/learning elementary)
Potential relevance to your
research topic and study:

This article gives an overview of research done on leadership in early

childhood education.
This article discusses leadership in early childhood education. The key
points from the article are:
Leadership in early childhood education is under-represented
in academic literature with only 15 papers in the past decade
focused on it. These papers focus on primary grades rather
than early childhood settings.
Student outcomes are influenced by early learning experiences
and leadership is key in making it successful.
One leadership approach cannot be appropriate for such a
diverse sector- need flexible leadership.
Research is focused on relationships between leaders and
followers.
Distributed leadership has been applied to the field. It can
bring better interconnection, consistency and coherence in
service delivery.
Lots of leadership training on communicating the vision and
having them take ownership.
It talked about research that compared women and men leaders
in Jordan and the differences between their leadership style
and the challenges they face.
The article talked about the little attention to staff in paraprofessional roles and how prepared they are for their role.
This article brings attention to early childhood leadership and the lack
of research available.
This articles relates to my study because it discusses the importance of
leadership in early childhood. It also discusses the multifaceted role of
a leader in early childhood and how it needs to be approached
differently.

Stage of action research where

the source will be used:

Background-This article provides information on the importance of

leadership in early childhood. It discusses a few studies that were
done.
Findings/Conclusions-I am hoping that my findings will help to show
what is needed in leadership in early childhood and what would best
support the professionals in the field.
Implications/Action Planning-During this project I may want to take
the time to focus on what professionals need from their leaders. This
article can guide me in preparing a plan for moving forward.