The elusive what and the problematic how : : the essential leadership questions for school leaders and educational researchers / / [edited by] Tony Townsend, Ira Bogotch.
\'For the authors in this book, there can be no valid excuses for ignorance in any aspect of education as theory/practice. That is: - If we come to learn that all educational problems involve knowledge of complex systems and processes, then quick, simple solutions should not be an educator’s fi...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Rotterdam, Netherlands ;, Taipei, Taiwan : : Sense Publishers,, [2008] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Educational Leadership and Leaders in Contexts
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Notes: | The essays presented in this book are chiefly revisions of papers which were presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement held in 2006. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Tony Townsend and Ira Bogotch
- What are the Essential Leadership Questions in a Rapidly Changing World? / Ira Bogotch and Tony Townsend
- What is Leadership? / John MacBeath
- What is School Culture? / Sharmistha Das
- What is Successful Leadership? / Lejf Moos , John Krejsler and Klaus Kasper Kofod
- Leading Schools in Poor Communities: What do we Know? / Alma Harris and Pat Thomson
- Rebuilding New Orleans Public Schools: The Case of Algiers Charter School Association / Ira Bogotch , Luis Miron and Gert Biesta
- What is Cultural Competence? / Charles Dukes and Kavin Ming
- Leadership Moments: How to Lead / John MacBeath
- School Culture: Does it Matter? / Sharmistha Das
- How Distributed Leadership Emerges Within Danish Schools - Experiences With New Systems of Governance / Lejf Moos , John Krejsler and Klaus Kasper Koford
- Leading Schools in Poor Communities: How do we Know? / Alma Harris and Pat Thomson
- The Possibilities for Educational Research and Activism in Post-Katrina New Orleans / Ira Bogotch and Luis Miron
- Fostering Cultural Competence through School-Based Routines / Charles Dukes and Kavin Ming
- Conclusion: ‘What’ + ‘How’ equals ‘Whow’ / Tony Townsend and Ira Bogotch
- The Editors and The Authors / Tony Townsend and Ira Bogotch
- Index / Tony Townsend and Ira Bogotch.