Innovative School Principals and Restructuring: Life History Portraits of Successful Managers of Change

ISBN-13: 9780415138994 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 192 str.

Clive A. J. Dimmock; C. A. J. Dimmock;Dimmock C. a. J.

Opis

Restructuring is an international phenomenon, and great stress is placed on the role of the innovative principal in the process. This book offers insights into the ways in which six principals go about leading the change process in their schools, and looks for ways of understanding why and how principals behave and think in the way they do.
Its edited topical life history approach identifies key events, experiences and significant others in the lives of the case study managers, and shows how these have shaped the way they implement changes to curriculum, teaching and learning in their schools.

Recenzje

'An eminently readable and engaging book ... I hope that the text reaches the policy makers, practitioners, researchers and professional developers for whom it provides a valuable resource.' - Zoe Parker, Kingston University

'This is an eminently readable and engaging book ... I hope that the text reaches the policy makers, practitioners, researchers and professional developers for whom it provides a valuable resource.' - Management in Education, Vol 11, No. 4, Sept/Oct 1997

Spis treści

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Background: Restructuring and the Principalship; Chapter 3 Methodology; Chapter 4 Bronwyn Evans; Chapter 5 Janet Turner; Chapter 6 Simon Jeffrey; Chapter 7 David Smith; Chapter 8 Anne Jones; Chapter 9 Jason Johns; Chapter 10 Discussion of Case Studies; Chapter 11 Conclusion and Implications;

O autorze

Clive Dimmock is Associate Professor of Education at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Senior Lecturer in Educational Management and Administration at the University of Western Australia.,
Tom O'Donoghue is Senior Lecturer in Curriculum Theory at the University of Western Australia.