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Antonios Kafa and Anita Trnavčević

arship that bridges theory, practice, and context through a variety of
perspectives and evidence-based policies.
More specifically, this book provides:
• Empirical insights into a variety of topics, including challenges,
contextual elements, quality issues, professional well-being, and
the leadership aspects of management and principalship.
• Theoretical and conceptual frameworks that highlight diverse top-
ics, including challenges, contextual elements, quality issues, pro-
fessional well-being, and the leadership aspects of management
and principalship.
• Actionable implications for policymakers, researchers, and prac-
titioners on promoting the support of challenges, contextual ele-
ments, quality issues, professional well-being, and the leadership
aspects of management and principalship.
Chapter 1 is authored by Juan Luis Fuentes and Laura Camas Gar-
rido. They set the stage by exploring the emotional, inclusive, and eth-
ical foundations of educational leadership. Drawing on care ethics and
moral exemplarity, the authors argue for a human-centred approach to
school leadership – one that embraces empathy, cultural responsive-
ness, and ethical guidance as essential components of effective practice.
Their chapter provides both a conceptual grounding and a critical lens
through which the subsequent contributions can be understood.
In Chapter 2, Rasa Nedzinskait˙ e-Mači¯ unien˙ e and Antonios Kafa in-
vestigate the influence of socioeconomic status on the relationship be-
tween leadership practices and student science achievement in the con-
text of the oecd pisa study. Through a robust quantitative analysis,
the authors reveal how economic, social, and cultural status (escs)
mediates and moderates the effects of instructional leadership and
school autonomy. Their findings underscore the importance of context-
sensitive leadership and the risks of one-size-fits-all approaches to
school improvement.
In Chapter 3, Carolina Marlen Luna Perez and Jennifer Ana Domín-
guez Rodríguez offer a comparative analysis of global leadership mod-
els, examining how different nations conceptualise and implement ed-
ucational leadership in pursuit of quality and equity. Their work high-
lights both convergences and divergences across systems and encour-
ages readers to reflect critically on the applicability and transferability
of leadership frameworks across borders.

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