Globalisation, Education Policy, and Change: Global Trends and the Power of Education in a Changing World

The book chapter examines the shift of interest in the education sector, from management to one of leadership underlines the attempts to achieve education quality and success and provides the moral challenges of leadership. It operates at all levels of an organization with leaders working to create an influential and enacted environment. Education thus is called again to contribute to the betterment of the world emphasizing inclusion, wellbeing, social capital and justice, solidarity. Educational leadership principles and practices could be a strong paradigm for the demanding changes nowadays. The educational systems need teachers with professionalism, responsibility, and leadership skills in encountering the problems of their everyday activities at school. Overall, in a changing world and in the complex context of international competition, education may be the key globally for the improvement aiming at the education for all.