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Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective » (6th Edition)

Book cover image of Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Authors: Thomas J. Sergiovanni
ISBN-13: 9780205578580, ISBN-10: 0205578586
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Date Published: February 2008
Edition: 6th Edition

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Author Biography: Thomas J. Sergiovanni

Book Synopsis

In its revised sixth edition, The Principalship continues to emphasize school culture, standards, and building community, while also providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. Studying The Principalship, future principals will explore in-depth the array of decisions that they will be confronted with and how those decisions will affect students, teachers, and school policy.

Extensively updated, the new edition emphasizes diversity as a part of community building; the importance of instructional and shared leadership; and the building of communities of practice, while the book’s trademark concentration on reflective practice is maintained throughout the text. The sixth edition also contains a new “Some Reflections” feature that appears in most chapters and that offers students a chance for further critical thinking and enriched class discussions.

Table of Contents

Ch. 1Setting the stage : administering as a moral craft1
Ch. 2Views of the principal's job23
Ch. 3The limits of traditional management theory72
Ch. 4A new theory for the principalship87
Ch. 5The school as a moral community103
Ch. 6The forces of leadership and the culture of schools126
Ch. 7The stages of leadership : a developmental view158
Ch. 8Becoming a community of leaders172
Ch. 9Characteristics of successful schools189
Ch. 10Becoming a community of mind205
Ch. 11Making standards work238
Ch. 12Teaching, learning, and community246
CH. 13Instructional leadership, supervision, and teacher development269
Ch. 14Clinical supervision, peer inquiry, and other supervisory practices291
Ch. 15Motivation, commitment, and the teacher's workplace310
Ch. 16The change process340

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