Theory in Educational Administration

Education & Teaching

English, Fenwick W.

Schools & Teaching

Harpercollins College Div

Contains chapters on curriculum management in context, the concept of quality control, issues in design and delivery, curriculum validation and abandonment, curriculum balance, planning and alignment, assessing student learning, curriculum auditing, and curriculum guides, mapping, and total quality education. For students and professional in education, education administration, and social science. This second edition is revised in light of feedback from students and participants in national in-service programs. Paper edition (unseen), $39.95. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Curriculum Management for Educational and Social Service Organizations

Larson, Robert L.

Charles C. Thomas Pub Ltd

Educational Administration: The Human Science

The Art of Educational Leadership: Balancing Performance and Accountability

"English successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key concepts, movie recommendations, and prompted reflective journaling makes this book a most valuable resource for the educational leadership community." ―H.J. Bultinck, CHOICE
"The Art of Educational Leadership provides one of the most complete examinations of leadership that I have encountered. I admire the way it urges students to think and reflect. The format allows individual learners to focus on those materials that best fit their learning style while the numerous presentations of a single topic through the different modalities strengthens the learning. This text is a fresh, new look at leadership..." ―Louise L MacKay, East Tennessee State University "Fenwick W. English returns to themes of leadership he explored in more than 20 earlier books and dozens of presentation to educator audiences. He favors "re-centering educational leadership in the humanities," rather than acting on the recommendation of the business literature, and he emphasizes the use of films as a way to humanize leadership concepts." ―THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR "Excellent cogent analysis of key concepts of leadership are presented in a reader friendly style." ―Saul B. Grossman, Temple University Moves beyond established notions of leadership to recognize that effective leading is about drama and performance―artistry! 
The Art of Educational Leadership: Balancing Performance and Accountability stresses the human side of leadership. No other text on this topic demonstrates so ably the importance of artistry in leadership in a field that has been lopsidedly dominated by concepts informed by science.
Presenting the idea that leadership is an art, this book:
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Exemplifies a balance between the science and the art of educational leadership: The real improvement of practice is rooted in the art of application, which is about context and represents the key to leadership practice.</li>
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Connects content material to self-discovery: Exercises at the end of each chapter include creating a personal, reflective journal to engage the reader in and reflect upon theories and practices presented in the book. Films are suggested for viewing to illustrate the interaction between context, culture, decisions, and outcomes.</li>
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Portrays multicultural leadership in action: Biography boxes throughout the book share how multicultural educational and political leaders who have been recognized as "expert" practitioners learned the art of leadership in the public arena.</li>
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This is the first book in educational leadership to sketch out a balance between the science and the art of the field. The text illustrates how performance and practice represent the art, while the delineation of the skills and conceptual models represent the science.

Business & Money

Processes & Infrastructure

Sage Publications, Inc.

The SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership is a landmark work with contributions from 37 internationally renowned scholars covering an extensive range of issues confronting the field of educational leadership and administration. The Handbook reviews how leadership was redefined by management and organizational theory in its quest to become scientific, then looks forward to promising theories, concepts, and practices that show potential for development and application. This Handbook represents the establishment of a new tradition in educational leadership. It thoroughly covers a broad range of issues pertaining to curriculum leadership, supervision, teacher evaluation, budgeting, planning, school design, and issues facing the principalship and the superintendency in the United States.

The SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership: Advances in Theory, Research, and Practice

This comprehensive book explores the day-to-day problems school teachers and administrators encounter in the area of curriculum, instruction and evaluation. Developing curriculum is a political as well as an educational activity and practitioners should be aware of `hidden′ political realities and value systems at work in their schools. In this book, the author proposes that there are three forms of curricula: formal, informal and hidden, with manifestations of these forms in the written, taught and tested curricula. English shows how these elements are brought together in developing curriculum.

Deciding What to Teach and Test: Developing, Aligning, and Auditing the Curriculum (Vol 4 of the Successful Schools Series)

Corwin

This book focuses on future leadership challenges for school administrators and contains practical strategies for improving decision-making skills. The book concisely summarizes the contemporary views of leadership and decision making and then reveals the kinds of problems schools will face as we enter the 21st century. All three authors are former school administrators and speak in concrete terms from many years of experience. Specific direction is provided on how administrators can use creative thinking to solve their problems.

Leading into the 21st Century (Successful Schools)

Arhar, Joanne M.

Frase, Larry E.

In this book, the authors skillfully adapt the principles of Total Quality Management and apply them to education. They describe how the changes can be implemented in everyday practice and present a learning model. They also provide a planning and troubleshooting guide.

Total Quality Education: Transforming Schools Into Learning Places (Total Quality Education for the World)

Hill, John C.

Deciding What to Teach and Test: Developing, Aligning, and Auditing the Curriculum (Successful Schools)

Why do testing and accountability efforts in today's schools fail? In Deep Curriculum Alignment, English and Steffy explore the flaws in state mandated testing, advocating a more comprehensive approach to teaching and testing. This highly practical book will guide you into a deeply aligned curriculum that produces academic results and a level playing field. Each chapter covers principles of testing and curriculum building, and concludes with a summary of the key concepts presented. The authors survey various studies, present the ethical dilemmas involved in testing, and present a step-by-step guide to pedagogical parallelism and alignment.

Deep Curriculum Alignment

Steffy, Betty E.

R&L Education

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