Educational Leadership : A Bridge to Improved Practice
ISBN: 9780205578429 | 020557842X
Edition: 4thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 3/20/2008
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This text supports improved practice in educational administration that results in greater student learning in American schools. In this way, it is much more than an outstanding leadership theory and research text; it is also a highly usable, practical guide. This text improves the knowledge and practice of our future leaders by focusing on present conditions, operations, new directions, and best practices in American schools. This text successfully makes the important theory-to-practice transitions in a clearly written, fun to read format, wit... MORE
| Preface | |
| Administrative Theory, Values Clarification, and Leadership Responsibility | |
| FlemSnopes High School: A New Administrative Team | |
| Educational Leadership | |
| Human Capital and the Accumulated Knowledge Base | |
| Administrative Process and Knowledge | |
| Philosophical Frames and Epistemological Influences | |
| Paradigms and the Scientific-Rational Approach | ... MORE |
| Political, Critical, and Constructivist Frames of Reference | |
| Critical-Contextual, Gender, and Race | |
| Postmodernism, Poststructuralism | |
| Grounding Moral Educational Leadership in the Intrinsically Moral Enterprise of Learning | |
| Ethical Models | |
| The Ethic of Caring | |
| The Ethic of Justice | |
| The Ethic of Critique | |
| Foundations of Ethical Behavior: Standards for Good Practice | |
| Codes of Ethics | |
| Administrative Platforms | |
| The Knowledge Base in Educational Administration | |
| The Knowledge Base in Educational Administration | |
| Conclusion | |
| Portfolio Artifacts | |
| Terms | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Context and Perspective for Educational Leaders | |
| NanuckMiddle School: Understanding the Context | |
| Contextual Knowledge | |
| Broad, Complex Context | |
| Federal Turning-Points | |
| Education Origins | |
| Land Grant | |
| Relief | |
| National Defense | |
| Equal Educational Opportunity | |
| World Class Economic Competitiveness and Support1980 to Present | |
| Establishing National Goals | |
| Thoughts for Leaders of Educational Institutions in Transition | |
| The 1990s and Beyond | |
| No Child Left Behind | |
| New Technological Demands | |
| State Roles and Responses | |
| Equity and Social Justice | |
| Challenges in the Twenty-First Century | |
| Conclusion | |
| Portfolio Artifacts | |
| Terms | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| School Reform | |
| ScrivnerMiddle School: Reform at Scrivner | |
| Leading Innovative Schools | |
| The Context for School Reform | |
| Finding New Directions | |
| Common Themes in a Changing World | |
| Innovative Programs | |
| Other Innovative Models and Their Benefits | |
| A Framework for School Improvement | |
| Harnessing Technology | |
| Technology Opens New Opportunities | |
| Administrative Applications | |
| Wilson Elementary School District: Five Steps to a Successful Technology Program | |
| The Leadership Challenge | |
| Conclusion | |
| Portfolio Artifacts | |
| Terms | |
| Suggested Readings | |
| Diversity and Community Relations | |
| OakesHigh School: Cultures Clash in Fairhaven | |
| Diversity in Schools | |
| Socioeconomic Status and Social Class | |
| U.S. Population Demographics | |
| Cultural Identity | |
| Cultural Transitions | |
| Sexual Identity | |
| Prejudice and | |
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