School leadership : a contemporary reader

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School leadership : a contemporary reader

edited by Joel L. Burdin ; sponsored by the University Council on Educational Administration

Sage Publications, c1989

  • : hard
  • : pbk

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Selected articles from recent issues of Educational administration quarterly

Includes bibliographies

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In this volume some of the leading researchers in educational administration pose theoretical, methodological and substantive questions facing prospective administrators. Drawn from Educational Administration Quarterly and other leading publications, the articles deal with the many roles of the new administrator - leadership, organizations, finance and politics - and provide practical guidance.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Patrick B Forsyth Preface - Joel L Burdin PART ONE: THE SOCIETY IN WHICH LEADERS LEAD Do Political Ideologies Influence Education in the United States? - Ralph B Kimbrough Excellence in Education - Alan J DeYoung The Opportunity for School Superintendents to Become Ambitious? State Educational Governance Patterns - Joseph H McGivney Beyond Mutual Adaptation, into the Bully Pulpit - Richard Jung and Michael Kirst Recent Research on the Federal Role in Education Educational Fiscal Policy and Judicial Deference - Kern Alexander PART TWO: EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN WHICH LEADERS LEAD Toward an Integrative Theory of Power and Educational Organizations - Rodney Muth A Perspective on Organizational Cultures and Organizational Belief Structure - James A Conway Effective Schools and School Improvement - David L Clark, Linda S Lotto and Terry A Astuto A Comparative Analysis of Two Lines of Inquiry Multicultural Education and Urban Schools from a Sociohistorical Perspective - H Prentice Baptiste Jr Internalizing Multiculturalism The Political Economy of Public Schools - William Lowe Boyd PART THREE: ACTION THEORIES AND ISSUES CLARIFICATION TO HELP LEADERS LEAD Educational Policy Analysis - Douglas E Mitchell The State of the Art A Theoretical Framework and Exploration of Organizational Effectiveness of Schools - Wayne K Hoy and Judith Ferguson Using Bureaucratic and Cultural Linkages to Improve Instruction - William A Firestone and Bruce L Wilson The Principal's Contribution An Analysis of the Metaphorical Perspectives of School Principals - Paul V Bredeson Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Communications - Jerome P Lysaught A Review of Selected Contributions The Aesthetics of Leadership - Daniel L Duke The Instrumental Value of the Humanities in Administrative Preparation - Samuel H Popper A Review of the Criticisms of Education Administration - Robert T Stout The State of the Art PART FOUR: VISIONS TO HELP LEADERS MOVE FORWARD A Futuristic Cognitive View of Leadership - G Barry Morris Educational Futures - John D Haas Six Scenarios

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