Glenys Woods is a Research Fellow, and Fellow of the RSA. Current work includes research into the academy schools programme in England, which is a continuation of research into the modernising leadership agenda and its ethical challenges, and into democratic learning communities. She is co-editing for publication in 2009 a special issue of Management in Education on research into academies. Glenys is a member of the New DEEL (Democratic Ethical Educational Leadership) network and is also studying alternative education. Her foundational interest is in spiritual awareness. She has undertaken research into spirituality, educational policy and leadership, as well as government-commissioned studies into headteachers’ professional development and Steiner schools in England.
Recent publications
Woods, P. A. & Woods, G. J. (forthcoming) Testing a Typology of Entrepreneurialism: Emerging findings from an academy with an enterprise specialism, Management in Education
Woods, P. A., Woods, G. J. & Cowie, M. (forthcoming) ‘Tears, Laughter, Camaraderie’: Professional Development for Headteachers, special issue on leadership development of School Leadership & Management.
Woods, P. A. & Woods, G. J. (eds) (2009) Alternative Education for the 21st Century: Philosophies, Approaches, Visions, New York: Palgrave.
Woods, P. A. & Woods, G. J. (2008) 'Democracy and spiritual awareness: interconnections and implications for educational leadership' (with Glenys Woods), International Journal of Children's Spirituality, 13:2, 101–116.
Woods, P. A., Cowie, M. & Woods, G. J. (2008) Headteachers’ Professional Development: Provision, Barriers and Needs, Glasgow: Learning and Teaching Scotland.
Woods, G. J. (2007) ‘The “Bigger Feeling”: The importance of spiritual experience in educational leadership’, Educational Management Administration and Leadership, 35 (1): 135-155.
Woods, P. A. & Woods, G. J. (2006) ‘In Harmony with the Child: The Steiner teacher as co-leader in a pedagogical community’, special issue (‘What it means to be a teacher’) of FORUM, 48 (3): 317-325.