Tony Bush

Contact

• workB Block
  Malaysia Campus
  Jalan Broga
  43500 Semenyih
  Selangor Darul Ehsan
  Malaysia
• work+6 (03) 8924 8694
• Tony.Bush@nottingham.edu.my

Biography

Tony Bush is Professor of Educational Leadership (Malaysia and UK). He is also responsible for liaison between the UK and Malaysia campuses for the School of Education. He is Vice-President of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS) and was given the Society's Distinguished Service Award in 2008. He is also a Fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM). He has published more than 30 books, including his best-selling 'Theories of Educational Leadership and Management', which is now in its fourth edition, and more that 80 refereed journal articles. He is editor of the leading SSCI journal, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership (EMAL). He has been a consultant, external examiner or invited keynote speaker in more than 20 countries.

Expertise Summary

School leadership, including leadership theory, leadership development, leadership for learning, and international and comparative school leadership.

Teaching Summary

Educational leadership - including the MA in Educational Leadership and Management and doctoral supervision

Research Summary

School leadership in West Africa (UNESCO)

School leadership in South Africa (Zenex Foundation)

Evaluation of Warwick-in-Africa (Warwick University)

Recent Publications

• TONY BUSH AND DEREK GLOVER, 2014. School leadership models: What do we know? School Leadership and Management. 34(5), 553-571
• 2013. Instructional leadership and leadership for learning: Global and South African perspectives Education as Change. 17(S1), 5-20
• 2013. Preparing headteachers in England: Professional certification, not academic learning Educational Management, Administration and Leadership. 41(4), 453-466
• 2013. School management teams in South Africa: A survey of school leaders in the Mpumalanga province International Studies in Educational Administration. 41(1), 21-40

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• TONY BUSH AND DEREK GLOVER, 2014. School leadership models: What do we know? School Leadership and Management. 34(5), 553-571
• 2013. Instructional leadership and leadership for learning: Global and South African perspectives Education as Change. 17(S1), 5-20
• 2013. Preparing headteachers in England: Professional certification, not academic learning Educational Management, Administration and Leadership. 41(4), 453-466
• 2013. School management teams in South Africa: A survey of school leaders in the Mpumalanga province International Studies in Educational Administration. 41(1), 21-40
• BUSH, T. and GLOVER, D., 2012. Distributed leadership in action: leading high-performing leadership teams in English schools School Leadership and Management. 32(1), 21-36
• 2012. Leadership development and learner outcomes: Evidence from South Africa Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy and Practice,. 27(2), 3-15
• 2012. International perspectives on leadership development: making a difference Professional Development in Education. 38(4), 663-678
• BUSH, T., 2011. Succession planning and leadership development for school principals: comparing English and South African approaches Compare. 41(6), 785-800
• BUSH, T., 2011. Succession planning in England: new leaders and new forms of leadership School Leadership and Management. 31(3), 181-198
• 2011. Theories of Educational Leadership and Management Fourth. Sage.
• BUSH, T., JOUBERT, R., KIGGUNDU, E. and VAN ROOYEN, J., 2010. Managing teaching and learning in South African schools International Journal of Educational Development. 30(2), 162-168