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This volume contributes significantly to the ongoing international and Nordic paradigm shift in educational leadership research. It advocates for going from a contemporary, mainstream functionalist paradigm to a reflexive paradigm, based on educational...

Applied Research for Contemporary Educational Leaders: Solving Practical Problems demonstrates the practical applications of research in addressing real-world problems related to educational leadership and environments. Rather than focusing on basic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780871206923Author GlanzFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint ASCDPublisher ASCDWeight(grams) 313gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 149mm * 12mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039102730Author Honorine NoconFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Verlag Peter LangPublisher Verlag Peter LangWeight(grams) 270g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781949539455Author Thomas R GuskeyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Solution Tree PressPublisher Solution Tree PressWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783639710663Author Mavundutse TendaiFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Scholars' PressPublisher Scholars' PressWeight(grams) 126gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Governing universities is a multi-level as well as a highly paradoxical endeavor. The featured studies in this book examine critically the multifaceted repercussions of changing governance logics and show how contradictory demands for scholarly peer...

The Beginning Principal: Lead Teacher and Educational Business Manager presents a two-fold exploration of the modern principalship: where the roles of educational leadership and organizational management converge. This text offers insights into the dual...

This book provides the theoretical and analytical resources for an urgent rethinking of the social project of educating and educational leading. It examines what educational leadership is, namely the politics and power of leadership as a practice, and...

While considerable evidence indicates that school leaders are able to make important contributions to the success of their students, much less is known about how such contributions are made. This book provides a comprehensive account of research aimed at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039110827Author Marie-Claire PatronFormat PaperbackPage Count 332Imprint Verlag Peter LangPublisher Verlag Peter LangWeight(grams) 500g

This edited collection is the first part of a two-volume set., which focuses on leadership in Catholic education settings in the United Kingdom. It includes an overview of the importance of different types of leadership, including 'servant-leadership',...

Jana Bacevic provides an innovative analysis of education policy-making in the processes of social transformation and post-conflict development in the Western Balkans. Based on case studies of educational reform in the former Yugoslavia - from the decade...

It is widely accepted that the success of higher education institutions is dependent on effective competent leaders and leadership. There is also growing evidence to support the proposition that emotional intelligence is strongly linked to effective...

This book highlights and examines the role of the textbook in legitimising established political and social orders. It analyses the way in which the 'other' is presented in school textbooks, focusing on a number of countries in the Middle East and North...

Essential strategies for school trustees and superintendents. Addressing the urgent challenges of school leadership in our divided, post-pandemic landscape, The Governance Core 2.0 is an essential guide for school trustees and superintendents...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325027159Author Sonia NietoFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Heinemann Educational BooksPublisher Heinemann Educational BooksWeight(grams)...

The knowledge and decisions of professionals influence all facets of modern life, a fact reflected by the increasing and distinct emphasis on public accountability for what professionals know and do. The nature of this accountability has been...

Contemporary reform initiatives in public education have included concerns with large scale, systemic reform in which the superintendent was a pivotal player. Yet much of the research attention is focused on the principalship or on state-level...

Part of the Improving Schools Series Leading teachers are those who are researchers and who have developed their pedagogy based on both evidence and conceptually informed practice. This book will draw on three important resources: first, case studies of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820458076Author Ronald D. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 177Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 270g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780304705627Author John SayerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Continuum (formerly Cassell Academic)Publisher Continuum International Publishing Group...

Offers practical advice and research results on women school superintendents, a field traditionally dominated by men.Although women have dominated the teaching ranks at all levels of education since the turn of the century, men occupy 93 percent of...

Eighteen experts, including Albert Shanker, Ernest L. Boyer, Thomas Kean, and John Menge, examine the issues surrounding educational choice in public school systems and the voucher system for private schools. They discuss when choice should be...

You will receive access to this electronic text via email after using the shopping cart above to complete your purchase.Book InformationISBN 9780787236236Author Scott D WurdingerFormat PaperbackPage Count 114Imprint Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co ,U.S...

This text represents the experiences from six English speaking countries in the field of school development planning. There are chapters discussing staff development, quality reviews and school organization and effectiveness.Book InformationISBN...

This book aims to fill the gap in our knowledge about crisis management in schools, its particular characteristics, and strategies from a historical point of view. It combines knowledge about educational leadership with biographical narratives of great...

This book is an introduction to educational management in practice. The 20 case studies have been selected to provide different insights into the challenges facing managers in education today. A key feature of the book is that management can be learned...

Education Reform in the American States is a timely evaluation of the accountability movement in American public education, culminating in the No Child Left Behind Act, federal legislation of 2002. The authors treat the current accountability movement,...

This book documents and deconstructs the concept of educational leadership within various education settings originating from diverse global environments. It focuses on presenting different readings of educational leadership via distinct theoretical and...

This book systematically elaborates Scott Eacott's "relational" approach to organizational theory in education. Contributing to the relational trend in the social sciences, it first surveys relational scholarship across disciplines before providing a...

This book documents and deconstructs the concept of educational leadership within various education settings originating from diverse global environments. It focuses on presenting different readings of educational leadership via distinct theoretical and...

Engage your school communities in collaboratively solving your biggest problems Schools are complex places where problems come in all shapes and sizes, and where decisions impact students’ lives. Leading groups in solving these problems sometimes can be...

A framework for the courageous school leadership our students deserve. From the foreword by Gholdy Muhammad... "In Leading With C.A.R.E., Dr. Allen provides a way to disrupt the harms that systems, teachers, and leaders may inflict on children. He...

Worldwide women constitute the majority of the teaching force, but men are more likely to achieve headship. Internationally a number of scholars working within sociology and the sociology of education have focused on the continued influence of gender on...

This book presents research into inclusive education in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), written by scholars based in CEE. Inclusive education has become a framework for understanding and embracing diversity but most of the research in this area has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607327325Author Steven FraibergFormat PaperbackPage Count 290Imprint Utah State University PressPublisher Utah State University PressDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Positionality and researcher reflexivity - how to account for one's subject position - remain as challenges for new researchers. But they also remain as challenges for experienced researchers, who are often involved in multiple research projects...

Align your school budget with your vision for student achievement Since 2006, The Principal's Guide to School Budgeting has been a best-seller, supporting thousands of principals in navigating the complex process of school budgeting. This fourth edition...

This volume originates from the International Study of Principal Preparation (ISPP), a collaborative project representing nearly a decade of research on principal preparation in countries throughout the world. Through focused stages of research, the ISPP...