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Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Zimbabwe

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This chapter seeks to describe the historical context of the Zimbabwe Education system and identifies four programmes that were used to provide school leaders in Zimbabwe with the necessary tools and training to successfully ensure quality in educational provision. It will examine the lessons learnt from the Zimbabwe experience and identify the challenges met in training school heads in Zimbabwe, especially as it applies to developing opportunities for leadership for learning.

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  1. Department of Educational Management and Leadership, Zimbabwe Open University, Harare, Zimbabwe

    Chrispen Chiome

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  1. , School of Education, University of Glasgow, Eldon Street 11, Glasgow, G3 6NH, United Kingdom

    Tony Townsend

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    John MacBeath

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Chiome, C. (2011). Preparing School Leaders for a Changing World: Lessons from Zimbabwe. In: Townsend, T., MacBeath, J. (eds) International Handbook of Leadership for Learning. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1350-5_26

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