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Developing Educational Leaders: A Working Model - The Learning Community in Action (Critical Issues in Educational Leadership S.) - Hardcover
Synopsis
In Developing Educational Leaders, the authors present their groundbreaking work with learning communities in educational leadership preparation programs, resulting in a working model for leadership development. In a readable text with practical hands-on examples, this volume: - Bridges the gap between theories of learning communities and their application in university settings. - Contrasts the differences between settings that merely lend the appearance of a learning community and a true learning community. - Brings together the individual and community benefits that result from the learning community setting. - Demonstrates how values-based leadership can be developed and implemented. - Provides a conceptual framework, including guidelines for using cohort structures within educational administration programs.
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Review
"Filled with fresh ideas, this book is a welcome addition to the conversation on preparing school leaders. An important read for a pivotal time." - Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Radford Professor of Education and Senior Fellow, Center for Educational Leadership, Trinity University "This is that rare book in which the authors deftly combine research, model development, and reflective experience to produce a synergistic model of learning communities and transformational leadership. Practitioners and professors who care about leadership development within an empowering community must read this book." - Paula Myrick Short, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Missouri System and Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis
About the Author
Cynthia J. Norris is an associate professor at the University of Tennessee, Bruce G. Barnett is a professor at the University of Northern Colorado, Margaret R. Basom is an associate professor at San Diego State University, and Diane M. Yerkes is an associate professor at San Diego State University.
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- PublisherTeachers' College Press
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0807741841
- ISBN 13 9780807741849
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages168
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