Values and Educational Leadership (SUNY series, Educational Leadership) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0791442918 ISBN 13: 9780791442913

Publisher: State University of New York Press, 1999

Synopsis

Values and Educational Leadership extends beyond the presentation of expert opinion to blend theory, research, and practice for a comprehensive examination of values in educational leadership. It analyzes personal values manifested by individuals, professional values of administration, and collective values exhibited by groups, societies, and organizations.

The book merges the collective wisdom of some of the best known and most respected philosophers, theorists, and researchers currently working in the field, including: Derek J. Allison, Paul T. Begley, Paul V. Bredeson, Elizabeth Campbell, Daniel L. Duke, Frederick S. Ellett Jr., Colin Evers, William Foster, Margaret Grogan, Christopher Hodgkinson, Olof Johansson, Gabriele Lakomski, Kenneth Leithwood, Pauline Leonard, Kevin Roche, James Ryan, Don Shakotko, Francie Smith, Keith Walker, and Donald J. Willower.

About this title

Review

Paul T. Begley is Associate Professor and Centre Head, Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership, Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, University of Toronto. He is also the co-director of the UCEA Centre for the Study of Leadership and Ethics at the University of Virginia.

Synopsis

This book blends theory, research, and practices to examine the ways that values affect education, particularly at the administrative level. Begley, (education, U. of Toronto) and many other scholars of education, address issues and themes such as designing a philosophy of organization, how legislatures and other policy institutions affect the valu

Edition details

• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0791442918
• ISBN 13: 9780791442913
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Begley Paul Thomas