This literature review aims to understand the factors that influence the adoption of school leadership policy reforms and whether there are some common trends that lead to policy changes in this area. The main question driving the study was the following: what are important reasons or contextual factors that have influenced the adoption of school leadership policy reforms? The analysis shows that there is an eclectic set of research that covers school leadership from different perspectives. Each tackle the question of school leadership reform adoption from different angles. A policy perspective associates school leadership reforms to contextual changes in relation to decentralisation, school autonomy, accountability or an increasing emphasis on education outcomes. School improvement perspectives acknowledge the key role of school leadership in education change. The research on school leadership impact has contributed to the adoption of school leadership reforms. The school leadership policy perspective shows that countries have introduced school leadership reforms, with practices varying by country and context. Some have been interpreted as a response to a new public management agenda or to the globalisation of education policies. Findings from this review indicate that whilst there is much research on school leadership, nevertheless, analysis and promotion of policies to support and strengthen school leader roles to support school improvement appears to have received less attention.

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学校领导政策改革的文献综述

这篇文献综述旨在了解影响采用学校领导政策改革的因素，以及是否存在导致该领域政策变化的共同趋势。推动该研究的主要问题如下：哪些因素或背景因素影响了学校领导政策改革的采用？分析表明，存在着一套折衷的研究，涵盖了不同角度的学校领导。每个人都从不同角度解决学校领导改革的采用问题。政策观点将学校领导改革与权力下放，学校自治，责任制或对教育成果的日益重视方面的环境变化联系起来。从学校改进的观点来看，学校领导在教育变革中的关键作用。关于学校领导力影响的研究有助于通过学校领导力改革。学校领导政策的观点表明，各国已经实施了学校领导改革，实践因国家和地区而异。有些被解释为对新的公共管理议程或对教育政策全球化的回应。此次审查的结果表明，尽管对学校领导力进行了大量研究，但是，分析和推广支持和加强学校领导者角色以支持学校改善的政策的关注似乎较少。