Leading Holistically

How Schools, Districts, and States Improve Systemically
Herausgeber: Shaked, Haim; Daly, Alan James; Schechter, Chen

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Produktbeschreibung

Leading Holistically explores systems thinking in educational leadership -- a comprehensive framework that enables leaders to improve their practice by taking a holistic perspective, instead of relying on a one-size-fits all solution to discreet aspects of their organization.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781138559929
• ISBN-10: 113855992X
• Artikelnr.: 54756797

Autorenporträt

Haim Shaked is Vice President for Academic Affairs and Head of the Department of Education at Hemdat Hadarom College of Education, Netivot, Israel. Chen Schechter is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Educational Administration and Professor of Leadership, Organizational Development, and Policy in the School of Education at Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel. Alan J. Daly is Chair and Professor of Education Studies at the University of California, San Diego, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Foreword - Michael Fullan
Preface
Part I - Systems Thinking at the School Level
Chapter 1: System Self-Regulation and Static Equilibria: How
Socio-Cognitive Control Processes Regulate School Responses to External
Reform - Ebony N. Bridwell-Mitchell
Chapter 2: Systems Thinking to Drive School Turnaround - Sharon F. Rallis &
Rachael B. Lawrence
Chapter 3: Schools as Soft Systems: Addressing the Complexity of
Ill-Defined Problems - Sharon D. Kruse
Chapter 4: Principals' Systems Thinking: The Meaning and Measure of a
Leadership Construct - Haim Shaked, Pascale Benoliel, Nechama Nadav, & Chen
Schechter
Part II - Systems Thinking at the District/Regional Level
Chapter 5: Using Hierarchical Growth Modeling to Promote District
Systematic Improvement in Ohio and Texas - Alex J. Bowers, Xinyu Ni, &
Jennifer Esswein
Chapter 6: Whole District Transformation: Leading Systems Change for
Sustainability - Cynthia L. Uline & Lisa A.W. Kensler
Chapter 7: 'Holistic Engagement': Framing Theory, Strategic Communication,
and the Superintendency - James Coviello & David E. DeMatthews
Chapter 8: System Leadership for Continuous Improvement: The Role of
District-Level Leaders in Creating the Conditions for System-Wide
Improvement - Christina J. Dixon & David Eddy-Spicer
Part III - Systems Thinking at the State/National Level
Chapter 9: The Impact of the "Social" in Social Media Space: A Systems
Perspective on Educational Policy and Leadership - Alan J. Daly, Miguel del
Fresno, & Jonathan A. Supovitz
Chapter 10: Using the Systems thinking Approach in Educational Policy
Setting: A Choice among Compromises - Adam Nir
Chapter 11: School Turnaround Reform: Optimizing Confluence of Influence
and Dynamic Disequilibrium - Andrea Rorrer, Vicki Park, Cori Groth, &
Janice Bradley
Chapter 12: Improving Schools in Victoria, Australia: System, Region and
School Perspectives - David Gurr & Lawrie Drysdale
Contributor Bios