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School Principals and Evidence Use: Possibilities and Problems for Preparation and Practice Brooks, J, Rickinson, M and Wilkinson, J 2017, 'School Principals and Evidence Use: Possibilities and Problems for Preparation and Practice' in Mustafa Yunus Eryaman and Barbara Schneider (ed.) Evidence and Public Good in Educational Policy, Research and Practice, Springer Nature, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 159-174. Document type: Book Chapter Collection: Book Chapters Title School Principals and Evidence Use: Possibilities and Problems for Preparation and Practice Author(s) Brooks, J Rickinson, M Wilkinson, J Year 2017 Title of book Evidence and Public Good in Educational Policy, Research and Practice Publisher Springer Nature Place of publication Cham, Switzerland Editor(s) Mustafa Yunus Eryaman and Barbara Schneider Start page 159 End page 174 Subjects Educational Administration, Management and Leadership Summary In this chapter, we review and critique the literature on school leadership preparation and evidence use. The chapter is organized into three sections. In "What is Evidence and What is evidence Use?" we explore distinctions in the ways that scholars and practitioners have come to conceptualize evidence use and consider the implications of various definitions for leadership practice. In the second section, "School Leadership Preparation and Evidence Use," we examine various ways that programs around the world approach training prospective or sitting school leaders in pre-service programmes. This includes university-based programs, district/department/state/national delivered programmes, those offered by private providers and partnerships between these various stakeholders. In doing so, we look both at program design and program outcomes. The third section, "Evidence in Use: How Principals Use Evidence to Make Decisions", we review and interrogate research that investigates this phenomenon, paying special attention to effective and ineffective strategies. The chapter concludes with recommendations for pre-service and in-service development in relation to leadership and evidence use for the public good. Copyright notice © Springer International Publishing AG 2017 DOI - identifier 10.1007/978-3-319-58850-6_9 ISBN 9783319588490 Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58850-6_9 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 10 Dec 2018, 12:49:06 EST Filtered Full Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 71 Abstract Views  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 06 Dec 2018, 10:39:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator