Current Issues in School Leadership

Herausgeber: Hughes, Larry W.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Current Issues in School Leadership examines controversies about, and affecting, school practices. Focusing on two essential questions--what is important to today's school leaders? and what is interfering with schooling processes?--it includes chapters by a broad range of authors, with expertise on their specific topic. The text is organized in three sections: *Social and Political Issues; *Curriculum and Learning Issues; and *Organization and Management Issues. The goal of this text--designed for school leadership, educational administration, and foundations of education courses--is to challenge readers to think carefully and critically about each of the issues presented, leading to positive action and leadership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 398
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. November 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 575g
• ISBN-13: 9780805849646
• ISBN-10: 0805849645
• Artikelnr.: 29026755

Autorenporträt

Larry W. Hughes

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES; Chapter 1 Politics
Pressure Groups
and School Change
Larry W. Hughes; Chapter 2 Violence and Threats of Violence
Ronnie Casella; Chapter 3 Educational Warriors for Social Justice
Jaime Romo
Michael Roseman; Chapter 4 Comfortably Numb? Rethinking Social Studies for Social Justice
Cameron S. White
Tony L. Talbert; Chapter 5 Religious Controversy
Suzanne Rosenblith; Chapter 6 Censorship: Who Controls School Curriculum and Teaching Materials?
Richard Fossey; Part 2 CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ISSUES; Chapter 7 Class Size and Learning
C.M. Achilles; Chapter 8 Evaluation of Schools: An Expanded View
Patricia E. Holland
Joy C. Phillips; Chapter 9 Evaluating Students: Nightmares and Dreams
Richard J. Meyer; Chapter 10 The Challenges of Diversity: Moving Toward Cultural Proficiency
Reyes Quezada
Keith Osajima; Chapter 11 Navigating Special Education Tensions and Controversies
Judy A. Mantle; Chapter 12 What's at Stake for High-Quality Art Education in a High-Stakes Testing Era? The Importance of Escaping a View-Master® Conception of Education
Sara Wilson McKay; Chapter 13 Technology in the Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Machines
Melissa E. Pierson; Part 3 ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES; Chapter 14 Leading the Teacher Work Group
William D. Greenfield Jr.; Chapter 15 Principal Behaviors and School Outcomes: A Look Inside Urban Schools
Joseph J. Flessa; Chapter 16 Culture
Climate
and School Outcomes
Angus J. MacNeil; Chapter 17 Professional Development and Education Improvement?
C.M. Achilles
Christopher H. Tienken; Chapter 18 School Finance: The Russian Novel
Augustina Reyes
Gloria M. Rodriguez; Chapter 19 Charter Schools
Liane Brouillette;