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The Landscape of Leadership Preparation
Reframing the Education of School Administrators

September 1992 | 240 pages | Corwin
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In this book, the author offers a new vision of the purpose of leadership preparation programmes, and a series of principles to guide the development of the knowledge base, instructional strategies and structures in defining future programmes.

The design presented is based on: lessons learned from an extensive review of training programmes over the last 100 years; an in-depth investigation into the problems currently plaguing preparation programmes, and an examination of the important changes likely to shape the future of education and educational leadership.

 
Charting the Path
 
PART ONE: THE PAST
 
The Ideological and Prescriptive Eras
 
The Behavioral Science and Dialectic Eras
 
PART TWO: THE CURRENT SCENE
 
The Current Scene
A Critical Analysis

 
 
PART THREE: THE FUTURE
 
A New Vision of Education and Leadership
 
Preparing Leaders for Tomorrow's Schools

Joseph F. Murphy

Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education. In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as... More About Author

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ISBN: 9780803960275
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