How Schools Succeed - Context, Culture, and Strategic Leadership

How Schools Succeed considers a broad conception of educational context, taking into consideration work environment, facilities, and space as well as the interpersonal, social, and organizational settings in which teaching and learning occur.

List of contents

Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 The Continuing Importance of Instructional Leadership
2 Understanding the Culture of Schools
3 Understanding Your School Culture
4 Understanding Cultural Preferences
5 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Individualist Contexts
6 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Bureaucratic Contexts
7 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Corporate Contexts
8 Putting Instructional Leadership Strategies to Work in Collectivist Contexts
9 Contextualization, Adaptation and Leadership
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Index

About the author

Edward L. Harris, PhD, is Professor and Williams Chair of Educational Leadership Administrator for the Brock International Prize in Education at Oklahoma State University/Tulsa.

Summary

How Schools Succeed considers a broad conception of educational context, taking into consideration work environment, facilities, and space as well as the interpersonal, social, and organizational settings in which teaching and learning occur.

Product details

• Authors: Edward L Harris, Edward L. Harris, Harris Edward L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9781475808315
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-0831-5
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Adult education; EDUCATION / Administration / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching staff, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education