Recent publications
Book
Tian, M 2023, Arts-based research methods for educational researchers. Qualitative and Visual Methodologies in Educational Research, 1st edn, Routledge. <https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003196105>
Woods, P, Roberts, A, Tian, M & Youngs, H (eds) 2023, Handbook on Leadership in Education. Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. <https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-leadership-in-education-9781800880412.html>
Xing, X & Tian, M (eds) 2022, Impact on Higher Education Transformation and Leadership Development: Overseas Leadership Development Programmes for Chinese University Leaders. East-West Crosscurrents in Higher Education, 1 edn, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0067-9
Article
Tian, M 2024, 'Embracing complexity: rethinking education inspection in England', Educational Review. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2024.2325660
Tian, M & Diamond, C 2024, 'OfSTED from within: Inspectors’ views on challenges and future direction', Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432241292284
Tian, M 2023, 'A critical friend or the sword of Damocles: Headteachers’ use of micropolitical strategies in inspection', Educational Management Administration & Leadership, pp. 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432231222719
Tian, M 2021, 'Power bases and power tensions: a critical analysis of education inspection policies and practices in China', Leadership and Policy in Schools , vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 6-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/15700763.2020.1833940
Tian, M & Nutbrown, G 2021, 'Retheorising distributed leadership through epistemic injustice', Educational Management Administration & Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/17411432211022776
Tian, M & Virtanen, T 2021, 'Shanghai teachers’ perceptions on distributed leadership: Resource and agency', ECNU Review of Education, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 808-829. https://doi.org/10.1177/2096531120921051
Chapter (peer-reviewed)
Youngs, H, Roberts, A, Tian, M & Woods, PA 2023, Disrupted leadership in education. in PA Woods, A Roberts, M Tian & H Youngs (eds), Handbook on Leadership in Education. Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 517-535. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429
Woods, PA, Roberts, A, Tian, M & Youngs, H 2023, Introduction: leadership in education: an inherently fractured field? in PA Woods, A Roberts, M Tian & H Youngs (eds), Handbook on Leadership in Education. 1 edn, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429.00006
Roberts, A, Tian, M, Woods, PA & Youngs, H 2023, Part I: Conceptual Issues Concerning Leadership in Education. in PA Woods, A Roberts, M Tian & H Youngs (eds), Handbook on Leadership in Education. Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 13-15. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429.00007
Youngs, H, Roberts, A, Tian, M & Woods, PA 2023, Part III: Researching and Developing Leadership in Education. in PA Woods, A Roberts, M Tian & H Youngs (eds), Handbook on Leadership in Education. 1 edn, Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 375-378. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429.00034
Tian, M, Roberts, A, Woods, PA & Youngs, H 2023, Part II: Social Justice and Leadership In Education. in Handbook on Leadership in Education. 1 edn, Elgar Handbooks in Education, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 186-189. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781800880429.00020
Chapter
Tian, M & Lan, X 2020, Policy-practice decoupling: Education inspection reform in China. in Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict. Routledge.
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