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Educational Administration : Concepts and Practices
ISBN: 9780534608828 | 0534608825
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
Pub. Date: 7/14/2003
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EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION: CONCEPTS AND PRACTICES, the best-selling, most comprehensive and respected text on the market, discusses all topics covered by other educational administration texts, and MORE: culture, change, curriculum, human resources administration, diversity, effective teaching strategies, and supervision of instruction. Lunenburg and Ornstein include more exciting pedagogical features than any other text, and topics are covered in a direct and easy-to-understand manner, with an excellent blend of theory and practice.
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| PART I: FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS | |
| 1. DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Theory | |
| Classical Organizational Theory | |
| Human Relations Approach | |
| Behavioral Science Approach | |
| Development of Administrative Thought | ... MORE |
| Systems Theory | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 2. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Basic Concepts of Organizational Structure | |
| The Bureaucratic Model | |
| The Participatory Management Model | |
| Alternative Models of Organizational Structure | |
| The School as a Social System | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 3. ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Nature of Organizational Culture | |
| Developing, Maintaining, and Changing | |
| Effects of Organizational Culture | |
| Organizational Climate | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| PART II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES | |
| 4. MOTIVATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Defining Motivation | |
| Content Theories | |
| Process Theories | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 5. LEADERSHIP | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Nature of Leadership | |
| Leader Traits | |
| Leadership Behavior | |
| Contingency Leadership | |
| Leadership Styles | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 6. DECISION MAKING | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Nature of Decision Making | |
| Models of Decision Making | |
| Benefits of Shared Decision Making | |
| Problems in Shared Decision Making | |
| Shared Decision-Making Techniques | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 7. COMMUNICATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Importance of Communication | |
| The Communication Process | |
| Nonverbal Communication | |
| Direction of Communication | |
| Communication Networks | |
| Barriers to Communication | |
| Overcoming Barriers to Communication | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 8. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Schools as Open Systems | |
| Pressures for Organizational Change | |
| Resistance to Change | |
| Individual Approaches to Change | |
| Group Approaches to Change | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| PART III: THE STRUCTURAL FRAMEWORK FOR EDUCATION | |
| 9. THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AND EDUCATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Federal Role in Education | |
| Changing Roles in the Federal Government and Education | |
| Congressional Influence on Education | |
| Federal Programs and Activities in Education | |
| National Reform of Education | |
| State Government and Education | |
| State Education Agencies | |
| State Reform Movements | |
| Guidelines for Reform | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 10. LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Local School Policy | |
| Organization of School Districts | |
| Local School Boards | |
| The School Superintendent | |
| The Central Staff | |
| The Principal and the School | |
| Conditions of Employment | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 11. SCHOOL FINANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Education and Economics | |
| Tax Sources of School Revenues | |
| Local Financing of Public Schools | |
| State Financing of Public Schools | |
| State Aid to Local Districts | |
| School Effectiveness and Productivity | |
| School Finance Trends | |
| Streamlining Budgets | |
| Environmental Hazards | |
| School Infrastructure Costs | |
| Financing School Construction | |
| International Comparisons of Education Spending | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 12. LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS AND EDUCATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Legal Framework for Public Education | |
| The Law and Professional Personnel | |
| The Law and Students | |
| The Law and State Issues | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| PART IV: ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAMS AND SERVICES | |
| 13. CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Curriculum Definitions and Approaches | |
| Curriculum Development | |
| Components of Curriculum Development | |
| The Roles of the Curriculum Worker | |
| How Implementation Occurs | |
| Implementation as a Change Process | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 14. ANALYZING AND IMPROVING TEACHING | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| Review of the Research on Teaching | |
| Teacher Styles | |
| Teacher Interaction | |
| Teacher Characteristics | |
| Teacher Effects | |
| Cautions and Criticisms | |
| Teacher Contexts: New Research, New Paradigms | |
| Helping the Beginning Teacher | |
| Self-Evaluation | |
| Reflection | |
| Alternative Forms of Teacher Evaluation | |
| Supervisory Evaluation and Assistance | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 15. PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Personnel Management Process | |
| Human Resource Planning | |
| Recruitment | |
| Selection | |
| Training and Development | |
| Performance Appraisal | |
| Compensation | |
| Union-Management Relations | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| 16. CAREERS IN EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION | |
| Focusing Questions | |
| The Concept of Career | |
| Career Stages | |
| Managing Career Stress | |
| Career Development | |
| Administrator-Preparation Programs | |
| Women and Minorities | |
| Summary | |
| Key Terms | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index |
