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DR DAVID GURR



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/cgi-bin/public/staff_profile.cgi?id=1901
Work: 8344 8224
Mobile: 0407105078
Fax: 9349 4198
Room: 454
Level: 03
Building: Alice Hoy Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Country of Expertise
School leadership; School supervision � school review; Educational accountability; Technology and school administration Australia
School leadership; School supervision - school review; school review; Educational accountability; Technology and school administration Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Hong Kong The Hong Kong Institute of Education Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1978
Doctor of Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1996
Graduate Diploma in Education University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1979
Graduate Diploma in Educational Counselling Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology 31-Dec-1985
Master of Educational Psychology University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1991

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
International comparative study of successful school leadership: successful school leadership in Australia Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
INVESTIGATION INTO TRAINING OUTCOMES Chief Investigator VIC QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY 19/09/2006

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Publications in 2008

Books

  • Principal Leadership: What does it do, what does it look like, and how might it evolve?
    Year: 2008
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Leaders(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Professional Learning of School Leaders in Australia


    Year: 2008
    Book: International Handbook on the Preparation and Development of School Leaders
    Publisher: Routledge(New York)
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Journal Articles

  • Reflections on Twelve Years of Studying the Leadership of Victorian Schools


    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Studies in Educational Administration
    Volume: 36
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 22-37
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  • Improving schools in challenging circumstances
    Year: 2008
    Journal: The Australian Educational Leader
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 7-10
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Publications in 2007

Books

  • Leading Australia's Schools
    Year: 2007
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Leaders(Sydney)
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Book Chapters

  • Hope for a Better Future


    Year: 2007
    Book: Leading Australia's Schools
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Leaders(Sydney)
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  • We Can Be the Best


    Year: 2007
    Book: Leading Australia's Schools
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  • Models of successful principal leadership: Victorian case studies
    Year: 2007
    Book: Successful Principal Leadership in Times of Change: An International Perspective
    Publisher: Springer(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • A review of school accountability in Australia


    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management
    Volume: 6
    Page numbers: 171-182
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  • Book Review: Developing Sustainable Leadership
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Education
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 341-342
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  • Diversity and progress in school accountability systems in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Educational Research for Policy and Practice
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 165-186
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  • Instructional leadership in three Australian schools
    Year: 2007
    Journal: International Studies in Educational Administration
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 20-29
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Development of school accountabilty systems in Australia
    Year: 2007
    Event name: 2006 National Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders
    Conference Publication: Blooming Leadership: Selected papers from the 2006 National Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders
    Page numbers: 51-71
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Leaders(Sydney)
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • E-Leadership
    Year: 2006
    Journal: International Journal of Knowledge, Culture and Change Management
    Volume: 5
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 105-111
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  • Models of successful principal leadership
    Year: 2006
    Journal: School Leadership & Management
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 371-395
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  • Value-Driven School Leadership: An Indonesian Perspective
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 12
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 121-134
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • The International Successful School Principalship Project (ISSPP): Comparison across country case studies
    Year: 2006
    Event name: New Waves of Leadership
    Conference Publication: Selected papers from the 2005 National Conference of the Australian Council for Educational Leaders
    Page numbers: 36-50
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Leaders(Sydney)
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • Successful principal leadership: Australian case studies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Educational Administration
    Volume: 43
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 539-551
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • ICT, Leadership in Education and E-leadership
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Discourse
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 113 - 124
    Publisher: Carfax Publishing
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  • Interaction between ICT and School Leadership
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 10
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 18 - 31
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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  • Market Centred Leadership
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Learning
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 2619 - 2630
    Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
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  • Successful School Leadership
    Year: 2004
    Journal: International Journal of Learning
    Volume: 10
    Page numbers: 945 - 957
    Publisher: Common Ground Publishing
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Publications in 2003

Book Chapters

  • Quality Assurance and School Monitoring
    Year: 2003
    Book: International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region
    Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers(Dordrecht)
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Journal Articles

  • Self-Directed School Reviews
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Hot Topics
    Volume: 2
    Issue: May 2003
    Page numbers: 1 - 2
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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  • Successful School Leadership in Victoria: Three Case Studies
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 18 - 37
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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  • Supporting School Leadership: The Establishment of the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership.
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 2 - 5
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Excellence in Education
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 2-4
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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  • Reporting School Performance
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Directions in Education
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 22
    Page numbers: 1
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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  • Transformational Leadership Characteristics in Primary and Secondary School Principals
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Leading and Managing
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 78-99
    Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Administration(Melbourne)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Principals, technology and change
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The Technology Source
    Issue: September/October 2001
    Page numbers: 1-3
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