Case studies on educational administration
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Case studies on educational administration
Pearson Education, c2008
5th ed
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book immerses prospective administrators in the realities of practice. Problem solving and decision-making skills are addressed through the use of open-ended case studies.
Effective practice in school administration requires both leadership and management. In today's reform-minded, information-based society, practitioners must be able to frame problems correctly and then make effective decisions to ameliorate them. As leaders, district and school-level administrators are expected to focus on what should be done to improve schools; as managers; they are expected to focus on how to do things successfully. The cases in this book are designed to make students think about common problems of practice by encouraging them to bridge theory and practice. More precisely, the cases are intended to hone four essential practitioner skills:
1. The ability to frame a problem correctly
2. The ability to develop and evaluate alternative solutions to a defined problem
3. The ability to use data and other facts to counter the influence of politics and emotion in decision making
4. The ability to grow professionally by engaging in reflective practice
Table of Contents
Preface.
Matrix
Introduction.
Case 1 Who Needs Lesson Plans?
Case 2 Alternatives for an Alternative School
Case 3 A Bully's Threat.
Case 4 Lounge Talk.
Case 5 Get Rid of the Sloppy Assistant Principal
Case 6 Let the Committee Decide
Case 7 Old School Culture and a New Principal
Case 8. Feliz Navidad? Not in This School District
Case 9. Sally's Socialization
Case 10 A Matter of Honor.
Case 11 The Absent Superintendent.
Case 12 Break the Rules and Pay the Price
Case 13 The Ambitious Assistant Principal
Case 14 A One-Trick Principal
Case 15 Even on Saturday
Case 16 Appropriate Punishment versus Political Expediency
Case 17 The Passive Principal.
Case 18 A Disillusioned Assistant Principal
Case 19 Who Needs Career-Technical Education?
Case 20 Illegal Drugs, In-School Suspension, and the Novice Principal.
Case 21 Let's Not Rap.
Case 22 Is the Devil Teaching Spelling?
Case 23 The Dark Side of Decentralization
Case 24 Who Should Create the School's Vision.
Case 25 The Maverick School Board Member.
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