This symposium engages educational leadership and curriculum scholars from the US and Nordic countries / Europe in a cross-national dialogue on leadership and curriculum theory/Didaktik in research, practice, and preparation in the contemporary situation (e.g. globalization, neoliberalism, cosmopolitanism). Participant consider possibilities for bridging curriculum theory and leadership studies in a new framework. Participants: -Preparing School Leaders: Standards-Based Curriculum in the United States Michelle D. Young, University of Virginia; Erin Anderson, University of Denver; Angel M Nash, University of Virginia -School Leadership and Curriculum - German Perspectives Stephan Huber, N/A; Pierre Tulowitzki, Pädagogische Hochschule Zug; Uwe Hameyer, N/A -Reading and Revising History: Educational Leadership as Currere Ira Bogotch, Florida Atlantic University; Daniel Reyes Guerra, N/A -Curriculum and Teacher Leadership Development Daniel Castner, Kent State University; Jennifer Schneider, Kent State University; James George Henderson, N/A - A Framework for Bridging Curriculum Theory/Didaktik with Educational Leadership Studies: Discursive Educational Leadership Rose Ylimaki, University of Arizona; Michael Uljens, Åbo Akademi University
