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Book SynopsisDuring the past two decades, Taiwan''s Ministry of Education has responded to globalization by restructuring school curricular, instructional, and decision making practices along western lines in an attempt to attain legitimacy on the world stage. As a result, Taiwanese principals, once kings within their schools, now must share power with other school stakeholders. In the process, these principals are held responsible for implementing reform measures that tend to damage trust and confidence in the system among local stakeholders because they cut against longstanding social and organizational norms. Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools examines principals'' adjustment to their new leadership role, highlighting the pervasive tensions between collegial forms of leadership with more authoritative, top-down models common to East Asian countries. Such dilemmas are becoming increasingly common, not only in Taiwan but in other nations including the U.S. Shouse and Lin examine them based on
Trade ReviewFrom the preface: The story this book tells is compelling. It features abundant insights into two profoundly distinct cultures (Taiwan and the United States) that, at the same time, are moving in somewhat similar directions in the governance of their educational institutions. -- Dan Lortie, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools makes important contributions to existing scholarship on educational leadership. This is not simply a book about being a principal in American or Taiwanese schools; it is a book about educational leadership in the global sense. -- Paul T. Begley, Executive Director of UCEA Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics, Nipissing University
From the preface: The story this book tells is compelling. It features abundant insights into two profoundly distinct cultures (Taiwan and the United States) that, at the same time, are moving in somewhat similar directions in the governance of their educational institutions. -- Dan Lortie, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Chapter 1: Introduction and Rationale Chapter 4 Chapter 2: Western Concepts and Chinese Contrasts Chapter 5 Chapter 3: Taiwan's Education System and its Recent Reforms Chapter 6 Chapter 4: Voices of Taiwan School Principals Chapter 7 Discussion and Implications Chapter 8 Bibliography Chapter 9 Index
