Leading For Democracy: A Case-Based Approach to Principal Preparation - Softcover

Jenlink, Patrick M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607093502 ISBN 13: 9781607093503

Publisher: R&L Education, 2012

Synopsis

At a time when America’s schools face many of the most difficult challenges ever, the authors of Leading for Democracy: A Case-Based Approach to Principal Preparation return the reader to an agenda for democratic leadership for schools. Emphasizing the need for leadership preparation programs to reexamine existing and more traditional approaches to principal preparation, this comprehensive book draws to the foreground the need for a case-based approach that reflects the real-world problems and challenges faced by principals in schools today.

In particular, Leading for Democracy emphasizes both a case-based pedagogy for principal preparation and the democratic ideals that provide the foundation for democratic schools, bringing into specific relief the work ahead for professors of educational leaders in preparing principals ground in democratic practice. Equally important, Leading for Democracy provides practical insight to the challenges of today’s principal, offering a set of pedagogical tools for professors to guide students of leadership in learning and understanding the difficult work required of leading democratically, set against the backdrop of a changing America.

About this title

About the Author

Patrick M. Jenlink is Regents Professor in the Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership, James I. Perkins College of Education, Stephen F. Austin State University.

Edition details

• Publisher: R&L Education
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1607093502
• ISBN 13: 9781607093503
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232