School Administration - Persistent Dilemmas in Preparation and Practice

List of contents

Preface
Understanding Educational Dilemmas
Reforming the Practice of Educational Administration Through Managing Dilemmas by Larry Cuban
Managing Dilemmas in Education: The Tightrope Walk of Strategic Choice in More Autonomous Institutions by Ron Glatter
Persistent Dilemmas in Administrative Preparation and Practices in Underdeveloped and Developing Nations by Earle H. Newton
Societal and Ethical Dilemmas in School Administration
Administering for Diversity: Dilemmas in Multi-Ethnic Schools by James Ryan and Rouleen Wignall
Suspended Morality and the Denial of Ethics: How Value Relativism Muddles the Distinction Between Right and Wrong in Administrative Decisions by Elizabeth Campbell
Imagination and Character in Educational Administration by Susan Sydor
Organizational Dilemmas in School Administration
Monetary Incentives and the Reform of Teacher Compensation: A Persistent Organizational Dilemma by Stephen L. Jacobson
Performance Related Pay and Professional Development by Harry Tomlinson
Equity and Efficiency: Tensions in School-Based Management in England and Wales by Tim Simkins
Role Dilemmas of School Leaders
Principals' Dilemmas: Intra-Organizational Demands and Environmental Boundary Spanning Activities by Jack Y. L. Lam
New Principals' Experiences with Leadership: Crossing the Cultural Boundary by Robert B. MacMillan
Dilemmas of Exercising Political Leadership in Educational Policy Change by Hanne B. Mawhinney
Dilemmas in the Preparation and Professional Development of School Administrators
Problem-Based Learning as an Approach to the Professional Development of School Leaders: A Case Study by Brigid Limerick and Frank Crowther
Boundary Mentoring: A Solution to the Persistent Dilemma of How to Educate School Administrators? by Angela Thody and Lee Crystal
The Need for Mentoring in a Developing Country by Morkel Erasmus and Philip C. Van der Westhuizen
Dilemmas of Shared Leadership in Decentralized Schools
Reframing Educational Leadership in the Perspective of Dilemmas by Jorunn Møller
Devolution and the Changing Role of the Principal: Dilemmas and a Research Agenda by Robert D. Connors and Fenton G. Sharpe
Knowledge-in-Use: Reconceptualizing School Leaders' Use of Knowledge for Decision-Making by Robert B. Stevenson
References
Index

About the author

STEPHEN L. JACOBSON is Associate Professor of Educational Organization, Administration and Policy at SUNY Buffalo.

EDWARD S. HICKCOX is Professor of Educational Administration at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.

ROBERT B. STEVENSON is Associate Professor of Educational Organization, Administration and Policy at SUNY Buffalo.

Product details

• Authors: Hickcox Edward S., Jacobson Stephen L., Robert Stevenson
• Assisted by: Edward S. Hickcox (Editor), Edward S. Hickox (Editor), Stephen L. Jacobson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.11.1996
• EAN: 9780275952471
• ISBN: 978-0-275-95247-1
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization, Schools and pre-schools, Current Events and Issues: Education