Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership
This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology assembles the best book excerpts, articles, and reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from respected authors, education researchers, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features twenty-six chapters in six primary areas of interest: Principles of Leadership, Moral Leadership, Culture and Change, Standards and Systems,...
Search in google:
From the Leading Minds in Education and Beyond This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology assembles the best book excerpts, articles, and reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from respected authors, education researchers, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features twenty-six chapters in six primary areas of interest: Principles of Leadership, Moral Leadership, Culture and Change, Standards and Systems, Diversity and Leadership, and the Future of Leadership. This revised edition includes:Fifteen new chaptersNew Introduction by Michael FullanInformation for both aspiring and veteran leaders In addition, it contains timeless pieces from Peter Senge, John Gardner, and Tom Sergiovanni as well as recent contributions from education and leadership experts such as Michael Fullan, Jim Collins, Roland Barth, Phillip Schlechty, Ann Lieberman, Lee Bolman, and Terrence Deal. Many essays reflect the changes in leadership priorities wrought by the No Child Left Behind Act, the events of 9/11, and the growing recognition of the diversity of cultures and learning styles in the schools. From the scholar to the practitioner, readers will find that this second edition of The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership is a powerhouse of valuable information. Booknews An anthology of articles, reports, and book excerpts defining the field of educational leadership, featuring 24 chapters in five areas of management and organizational behavior, superintendents and other leaders, gender and race issues, moral leadership and building community, and shared leadership between educators. Topics include standards for school leaders, gender and supervision, building a community of virtue, school reform, and leading a school system through change. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Introduction (M. Fullan).Part One: Leadership, Management and Organizational Behavior.The Nature of Leadership (J. Gardner)."Give Me a Lever Long Enough...And Single-Handed I Can Move the World" (P. Senge).Condensation of the Fourteen Points for Management (W. Deming).We Need Noncoercive Lead-Management from the State Superintendent to the Teacher (W. Glasser).Leadership as an Organizational Quality (R. Ogawa & S. Bossert).People and Organizations (L. Bolman & T. Deal).Part Two: Principals and Superintendents.Looking for Leaders (S. Johnson).Standards for School Leaders (Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium).The Unheroic Side of School Leadership: Notes from the Swamp (Jerome T. Murphy).Educational Leadership for the 21st Century: Integrating Three Essential Perspectives (D. Marsh).Learning to Lead (R. Barth).Leadership for the Twenty-First Century: Breaking the Bonds of Dependency (M. Fullan).The Manager as Politician (L. Bolman & T. Deal).Leading a School System Through Change (P. Schlechty).Eight Roles of Symbolic Leaders (T. Deal & K. Peterson).Part Three: Diversity and Leadership.Gender and Race as Factors in Educational Leadership and Administration (C. Banks).Gender and Supervision (C. Shakeshaft, et al..Part Four: Moral Leadership.Leadership as Stewardship: Who Is Serving Who? (T. Sergiovanni).The Authentic Leader (R. Evans).Building a Community of Virtue (K. Ryan & K. Bohlin).Part Five: Shared Leadership.Good-Bye, Command and Control (M. Wheatley).Teacher Leadership: Ideology and Practice (A. Lieberman, et al.).Principals, Shared Decision Making, andSchool Reform (C. Weiss & J. Cambone).Assessing the Prospects for Teacher Leadership (J. Little).
\ BooknewsAn anthology of articles, reports, and book excerpts defining the field of educational leadership, featuring 24 chapters in five areas of management and organizational behavior, superintendents and other leaders, gender and race issues, moral leadership and building community, and shared leadership between educators. Topics include standards for school leaders, gender and supervision, building a community of virtue, school reform, and leading a school system through change. Lacks a subject index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
