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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- INTRODUCTION What Is Successful and Effective School Leadership? Petros Pashiardis and Olof Johansson -- Introductory comments -- Successful school leaders and successful schools: a brief historical account -- Effective school leaders and effective schools: a brief historical account -- Context as the bridge between success and effectiveness -- Successful and effective schools: do they mean the same thing to different people? -- Discussion and concluding comments -- PART ONE Developing Successful and Effective School Leadership -- 1 African Perspectives Jan Heystek Jan Heystek -- Introduction -- Historical perspective on South African educational context -- Principals' leadership development in South Africa -- Leadership development issues addressed in research not directly linked to the ACE programme in South Africa -- Current approaches to successful and effective school leadership development -- Conclusion -- 2 South Asian Perspectives Tai Hoi Theodore Lee, Allan David Walker and Philip Hallinger -- Education reform -- Influence of culture and tradition -- Common trends around the principalship in Southeast Asia -- Challenges for the principalship in Southeast Asia -- Looking forward -- 3 Australian and Pacific Perspectives Simon Clarke and Helen Wildy -- Introduction -- The importance of developing successful school leaders -- Our approach to investigating the realities of school leadership -- A conceptual framework for engaging with school leaders' work -- The use of the conceptual framework for developing successful school leaders -- Final thoughts -- 4 North American Perspectives Elizabeth T. Murakami and Wowek S. Kearney -- Introduction -- A brief overview of principals and guidelines for their preparation in the USA.