The Principalship A Reflective Practice Perspective
ISBN: 9780205578580 | 0205578586
Edition: 6thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 2/12/2008
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Thomas J. Sergiovanni is Lillian Radford Professor of Education at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas.
In its revised sixth edition,The Principalship continues to emphasize school culture, standards, and building community, while also providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. Studying The Principalship, future principals will explore in-depth the array of decisions that they will be confronted with and how those decisions wi... MORE
In its revised sixth edition,The Principalship continues to emphasize school culture, standards, and building community, while also providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. Studying The Principalship, future principals will explore in-depth the array of decisions that they will be confronted with and how those decisions wi... MORE
| Preface | |
| About the Author | |
| The Moral Dimension | |
| Setting the Stage: Administering as a Moral Craft | |
| The Heart, Head, and Hand of Leadership | |
| The Moral Imperative | |
| Normative Rationality | |
| Strengthening the Heartbeat | |
| The Eight Competencies | |
| Followership is the Goal | |
| The Challenge of Lead... MORE | |
| The Lifeworld of Schooling | |
| Building the Character of Your School | |
| A Commitment to Democratic Values | |
| Time, Feeling, Focus | |
| Servant Leadership | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Toward a New Theory | |
| The Principal's Job Today and Tomorrow | |
| Ideal Conceptions of the Principalship | |
| Thick Visions: A Values Approach | |
| Breaking Ranks | |
| A Standards-Based Approach | |
| Parochial Schools | |
| The Complex Nature of Managerial Work | |
| No Child Left Behind | |
| Demands, Constraints, and Choices | |
| The Changing Role | |
| Principals' Priorities: Comparing Perceptions | |
| A Look Ahead New Emphasis on Instructional Leadership | |
| Direct and Indirect Leadership | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| New Standards for Advanced Programs in Educational Leadership | |
| Profile of an ICEL Graduate | |
| A Day in the Life of an Urban Elementary Principal | |
| The Limits of Traditional Management Theory | |
| Mindscapes of Practice Reflective Practice: The Paradigm of the Scruffies | |
| Changing Mindscapes | |
| The Limits of Traditional Management Theory | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| A New Theory for the Principalship | |
| Toward a New Theory | |
| Controlling Events or Probabilities? | |
| The New Theory and School Organization | |
| Changing Our Metaphors | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| The School as a Moral Community | |
| The Story of Community | |
| Social Covenants | |
| A Theory of Community | |
| The Importance of Relationships | |
| The Pattern Variables | |
| Finding the Right Balance | |
| Bonding and Bridging | |
| Why is Community Important? | |
| Pathways to Student Learning | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Providing Leadership | |
| The Forces of Leadership and the Culture of Schools | |
| The Forces of Leadership | |
| The Dynamic Aspects of School Culture | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Frances Hedges and Orchard Park Elementary School | |
| A Primer on School Culture | |
| The Stages of Leadership: A Developmental View | |
| The Sources of Authority for Leadership | |
| The Stages of Leadership | |
| Why Leadership by Binding and Bonding Works | |
| Leadership Styles Count Too | |
| Craftsmen Leaders are Critical | |
| The Archetypes in Review | |
| Idea-Based Leadership | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Becoming a Community of Leaders | |
| Practical Issues | |
| Leadership as a Practice | |
| New Leadership Values for the Principalship | |
| Distributed Leadership | |
| Reciprocity is Key | |
| Constructivist Leadership | |
| A Community of Leaders | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Instructional Leadership | |
| Characteristics of Successful Schools | |
| Characteristics of Successful Schools | |
| Academic Press and Community Together | |
| The Importance of Character | |
| Reflective Practice | |
| Some Reflections | |
| References | |
| Becoming a Community of Mind | |
| The Importance of Goals | |
| Using Educational Platforms | |
| Purposing is the Linchpin | |
| The Principles of Learning | |
| Leadin | |
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