Title:
Democratic principals in action : eight pioneers
Publication Information:
London : SAGE Pub., 1995
ISBN:
9780803961319
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Summary
Summary
Grounded in the day-to-day practicalities of school life, this book records the shared musings of eight principals in their attempts to achieve the ideals of democracy and empowerment in their schools. In each case, these ideals are tempered by a range of bureaucratic and political obstacles, contradictions and complexities inherent in the education system.
Table of Contents
| ForewordWilliam D Greenfield Jr |
| Studying Principals' Leadership |
| A Democratic Leader |
| Eliciting Teacher Voice and Monitoring Student Equity |
| Teacher of Teachers |
| Empowerment in an Elementary School |
| Tough Love |
| Loyalty, Commitment and Challenge in a Predominantly African American Middle School |
| Matchmaker |
| Initiating Democratic Schooling in a Large High School |
| Guardian of the Mission |
| The Suburban High School Experience |
| Gentle Pushes |
| Strength and Humanism in a Rural Secondary School |
| "We're All in this Together" |
| Shared-Governance Experiences in a Middle and a High School |
| Learning Democracy Together |
| Struggling with Shared Goverance in an Elementary School |
| Democratic Leadership |
| Lessons Learned |
| Resource A Research Methods and Procedures |
