Commonsense Approach to Educational Leadership

Informationen zum Autor Robert Palestini has been an educator for almost fifty years, serving as a high school science teacher, principal, superintendent of schools, and university dean. He is currently dean emeritus and professor of educational leadership, as well as the founding executive director of the Education Leadership Institute and Center for Catholic Urban Education at Saint Joseph’s University. Klappentext Leaders and aspiring leaders are constantly searching for role models who are successful in placing leadership theory into effective practice. This book identifies ten such role models whose heroic leadership behavior is analyzed in order to reveal what particular abilities and skills made them successful and how those attributes can be applied to one's own leadership practice, whether that be as a classroom teacher, a principal, or a superintendent of schools. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Contemporary Leadership Theory 2 Leading with Heart 3 Noah Webster 4 Horace Mann 5 Booker T. Washington 6 Charles William Eliot 7 Marie Montessori 8 Robert Hutchins 9 John Dewey 10 Paulo Freire 11Theodore Hesburgh 12 Marcus Foster 13 Leadership Lessons Learned Appendix: Diagnostics References About the Author

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert Palestini, Robert Ed. D Palestini, Robert H. Palestini, Palestini Robert
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 21.06.2012
• EAN: 9781610487481
• ISBN: 978-1-61048-748-1
• Pagine: 178
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Pedagogia > Corsi per adulti; EDUCATION / Administration / General, Organization & management of education, Educational administration and organization