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 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
Kameshwara, KK, Eryilmaz, N, Tian, M & Sandoval-Hernández, A 2020, 'Teachers’ Pedagogical Autonomy, Professional Development and Students’ Digital Skills: New Evidence from Italy', Autonomie Locali e Servizi Sociali. https://doi.org/10.1447/98729
Tian, M & Risku, M 2019, 'A distributed leadership perspective on the Finnish curriculum reform 2014', Journal of Curriculum Studies, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220272.2018.1499806
Tian, M & Huber, S 2019, 'Mapping Educational Leadership, Administration and Management Research 2007–2016: Thematic Strands and the Changing Landscape', Journal of Educational Administration. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEA-12-2018-0234
Tian, M & Huber, SG 2019, 'Mapping the international knowledge base of educational leadership, administration and management: a topographical perspective', Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, vol. 51, no. 1, pp. 4-23 . https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2019.1585757
Chapter
Tian, M & Lan, X 2020, Policy-practice decoupling: Education inspection reform in China. in Neoliberalism and Education Systems in Conflict. Routledge.
Tian, M 2019, Exploring Emotion Management Strategies of Junior High School Teachers in Shanghai, China. in Emotion Management and Feelings in Teaching and Educational Leadership . Emerald.
Conference contribution
Risku, M & Tian, M 2019, Adult Education as a Tool for the Changing World. in International Scientific Conference Challenges for High Quality of Adult Education Conference Proceedings.
Tian, M 2018, A Conceptual and Methodological Framework of Arts-based Approach for Investigating Distributed Leadership. in European Conference on Educational Research (ECER).
Featured article
Tian, M 2019, 'Debunk the myth of heroic leadership and embrace the era of distributed leadership' LEAD. <https://www.lead-edu.ch/tian-meng-distributed-leadership/>
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