Distributed leadership, the Glossary

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1. 13 relations: Activity theory, Barbara Rogoff, Collaborative leadership, Community of practice, Contingency theory, Distributed cognition, Edwin Hutchins, Instructional leadership, Instructional rounds, Lev Vygotsky, Shared leadership, Teacher leadership, Transformational leadership.

Activity theory

Activity theory (AT; Теория деятельности) is an umbrella term for a line of eclectic social-sciences theories and research with its roots in the Soviet psychological activity theory pioneered by Sergei Rubinstein in the 1930s.

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Barbara Rogoff

Barbara Rogoff is an American academic who is UCSC Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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Collaborative leadership

Collaborative leadership is a management practice which is focused on leadership skills across functional and organizational boundaries.

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A community of practice (CoP) is a group of people who "share a concern or a passion for something they do and learn how to do it better as they interact regularly".

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Contingency theory

A contingency theory is an organizational theory that claims that there is no best way to organize a corporation, to lead a company, or to make decisions. Distributed leadership and contingency theory are organizational theory.

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Distributed cognition

Distributed cognition is an approach to cognitive science research that was developed by cognitive anthropologist Edwin Hutchins during the 1990s.

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Edwin Hutchins

Edwin Hutchins (born 1948) is a professor and former department head of cognitive science at the University of California, San Diego.

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Instructional leadership

Instructional leadership is generally defined as the management of curriculum and instruction by a school principal. Distributed leadership and Instructional leadership are leadership.

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Instructional rounds

Conducting instructional rounds is a process that school districts and schools use to better understand teaching and learning in schools in order to improve learning at scale.

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Lev Vygotsky

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Лев Семёнович Выготский,; Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory.

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Shared leadership is a leadership style that broadly distributes leadership responsibility, such that people within a team and organization lead each other. Distributed leadership and Shared leadership are leadership.

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Teacher leadership

Teacher leadership is a term used in K-12 schools for classroom educators who simultaneously take on administrative roles outside of their classrooms to assist in functions of the larger school system.

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Transformational leadership

Transformational leadership is a theory of leadership where a leader works with teams or followers beyond their immediate self-interests to identify needed change, creating a vision to guide the change through influence, inspiration, and executing the change in tandem with committed members of a group; This change in self-interests elevates the follower's levels of maturity and ideals, as well as their concerns for the achievement. Distributed leadership and Transformational leadership are leadership.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_leadership