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Current issues in school leadership /

Examines controversies about, and affecting, school practices. Focusing on two questions--what is important to today's school leaders? and what is interfering with schooling processes?--it includes chapters by a broad range of authors.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hughes, Larry W., 1931-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2005.
Colección:Topics in educational leadership.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ISSUES
  • Politics, Pressure Groups, and School Change / Larry W. Hughes
  • Violence and Threats of Violence / Ronnie Casella
  • Educational Warriors for Social Justice / Jaime Romo and Mike Roseman
  • Comfortably Numb? Rethinking Social Studies for Social Justice / Cameron White and Tony L. Talbert
  • Religious Controversy / Suzanne Rosenblith
  • Censorship: Who Controls School Curriculum and Teaching Materials? / Richard Fossey
  • CURRICULUM AND LEARNING ISSUES
  • Class Size and Learning / C.M. Achilles
  • Evaluation of Schools: An Expanded View / Patricia E. Holland and Joy C. Phillips
  • Evaluating Students: Nightmares and Dreams / Richard J. Meyer
  • The Challenges of Diversity: Moving Toward Cultural Proficiency / Reyes Quezada and Keith Osajima
  • Navigating Special Education Tensions and Controversies / Judy A. Mantle
  • WhatÆs at Stake for High-Quality Art Education in a High-Stakes Testing Era? The Importance of Escaping a View-Master Conception of Education / Sara Wilson McKay
  • Technology in the Classroom: Thinking Beyond the Machines / Melissa Pierson
  • ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES
  • Leading the Teacher Work Group / William D. Greenfield Jr.
  • Principal Behaviors and School Outcomes: A Look Inside Urban Schools / Joseph J. Flessa
  • Culture, Climate, and School Outcomes / Angus J. MacNeil
  • Professional Development and Education Improvement? / Harles C.M. Achilles and Christopher Tienken
  • School Finance: The Russian Novel / Augustina Reyes and Gloria Rodriguez
  • Charter Schools / Liane Brouillette.