This is an account of how a principal combines the rational and emotional components of leadership to lead the transformation of a school. Most attempts at reform come from the outside, with people wishing to impose a curriculum and benchmarks; this book assumes that schools can transform themselves, but only when those involved in schools (especially principals) develop self-respect and achieve self-actualization. The author believes, and has demonstrated in his colleges, that a sensitive, thoughtful, proactive leadership might yet deliver the quality outcomes that the community desires from schooling.
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This is an account of how a principal combines the rational and emotional components of leadership to lead the transformation of a school. The book assumes that schools can transform themselves, but only when those involved in schools develop
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The alchemist principal; the paranoid principal; the Cinderella principal; the dreaming principal; the empty principal; one principal's learning style explored; the stumbling principal; the transformed principal; the reculturing principal; the big top principal; the no walls principal; the frog prince'pal.
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Product details

ISBN
9780750706797
Published
1997-06-17
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight
520 gr
Height
229 mm
Width
152 mm
Age
U, G, 05, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Number of pages
172

Author

Biographical note

David Loader, DCS Portfolio, London