Leading Schools Successfully (eBook, PDF)

Stories from the field
Redaktion: Day, Christopher; Gurr, David

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Leading Schools Successfully: Stories from the field considers international research focussing on leadership in schools. Based on the ISSPP (International Successful School Principalship Project) which comprises over eighty multiple perspective case studies of successful school leaders from more than a dozen countries, the book captures the exhilaration of being a principal from those acknowledged as exhibiting excellent practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135009137
• Artikelnr.: 39190482

Autorenporträt

Christopher Day is Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Nottingham, UK, and leads the Teachers' Work and Lives and School Leadership Research groups in the Centre for Research in Schools and Communities. David Gurr is Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Leading Schools Successfully David Gurr & Christopher Day Section A:
School Improvement: Sustaining the 'Turnaround' in Schools Serving
Challenging Communities 2. USA: In Her Own Words: Turning Around an
Under-Performing School. Yvonne Minor-Ragan & Stephen Jacobson 3. Israel:
The Evolution of Success Ora Bar Yaakov & Dorit Tubin 4. Mexico: From
Fragmentation to Community: A Journey of Change Celina Torres-Arcadia &
Eduardo Flores-Kastanis 5. Kenya: Rising from Perdition to Performance
Teresa A. Wasonga Section B: What New Principals Do: The First Few Years
6. Denmark: A Strength of Purpose: Building Credibility and Trust Lejf Moos
7. USA: The Story of New Principals Thad Dugan & Jeff Bennett 8. Australia:
The Developing Principal: The Person in the Professional Joy Doherty, David
Gurr & Lawrie Drysdale 9. England: Identity Challenge: The Courage of
Conviction Christopher Day Section C: Values and Trust 10. New Zealand: A
Values-Led Principalship: The Person Within Ross Notman 11. Cyprus: Trust
in Leadership: Keeping Promises Petros Pashiardis & Vassos Savvides 12.
Sweden: Teachers Maker the Difference: A Former Principal's Retrospective
Helene Ärlestig & Monika Törnsén (Umeå Universitet, Sweden) 13. Singapore:
Building on the Past: Connecting with Others Loke Heng Wang, David Gurr &
Lawrie Drysdale Section D: Social Justice 14. Norway: Leadership for Social
Justice : Educating Students as Active Citizens in a Democratic Society
Jorunn Møller & Gunn Vedøy 15. USA: Culturally-Responsive Leadership: Laura
Martinez' Journey as a Principal Betty Merchant, Encarnacion Garza Jr., &
Elizabeth Murakami Ramalho 16. Indonesia: Leading an Islamic school in a
multicultural setting in Indonesia Raihani, David Gurr & Lawrie Drysdale
17. Thinking About Leading Schools Christopher Day & David Gurr