{"product_id":"the-art-of-educational-leadership-9780761928119","title":"The Art of Educational Leadership","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnglish successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key concepts, movie recommendations, and prompted reflective journaling makes this book a most valuable resource for the educational leadership community. \u003c\/em\u003eH.J. Bultinck, CHOICE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art of Educational Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e provides one of the most complete examinations of leadership that I have encountered. I admire the way it urges students to think and reflect. The format allows individual learners to focus on those materials that best fit their learning style while the numerous presentations of a single topic through the different modalities strengthens the learning. This text is a fresh, new look at leadership...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLouise L MacKay, \u003ci\u003eEast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Tennessee State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eFenwick W. English returns to themes of leadership he explored in more than 20 earlier books and dozens of presentation to educator audiences. He favors re-centering educational leadership in the humanities, rather than acting on the recommendation of the business literature, and he emphasizes the use of films as a way to humanize leadership concepts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eExcellent cogent analysis of key concepts of leadership are presented in a reader friendly style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eSaul B. Grossman, \u003cem\u003eTemple University\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoves beyond established notions of leadership to recognize that effective leading is about drama and performanceartistry! \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Art of Educational Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e: Balancing Performance and Accountability\u003c\/b\u003e stresses the human side of leadership. No other text on this topic demonstrates so ably the importance of artistry in leadership in a field that has been lopsidedly dominated by concepts informed by science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePresenting the idea that leadership is an art, this book:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eExemplifies a balance between the science and the art of educational leadership:\u003c\/i\u003e The real improvement of practice is rooted in the art of application, which is about context and represents the key to leadership practice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eConnects content material to self-discovery:\u003c\/i\u003e Exercises at the end of each chapter include creating a personal, reflective journal to engage the reader in and reflect upon theories and practices presented in the book. Films are suggested for viewing to illustrate the interaction between context, culture, decisions, and outcomes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003ePortrays multicultural leadership in action: \u003c\/i\u003eBiography boxes throughout the book share how multicultural educational and political leaders who have been recognized as expert practitioners learned the art of leadership in the public arena.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first book in educational leadership to sketch out a balance between the science and the art of the field. The text illustrates how performance and practice represent the art, while the delineation of the skills and conceptual models represent the science.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Fenwick W. English returns to themes of leadership he explored in more than 20 earlier books and dozens of presentation to educator audiences. He favors \"re-centering educational leadership in the humanities,\" rather than acting on the recommendation of the business literature, and he emphasizes the use of films as a way to humanize leadership concepts.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR -- William J. Leary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"English successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key concepts, movie recommendations, and prompted reflective journaling makes this book a most valuable resource for the educational leadership community.\" \u003c\/em\u003e -- H.J. Bultinck * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“\u003cb\u003eThe Art of Educational Leadership\u003c\/b\u003e provides one of the most complete examinations of leadership that I have encountered. I admire the way it urges students to think and reflect. The format allows individual learners to focus on those materials that best fit their learning style while the numerous presentations of a single topic through the different modalities strengthens the learning. This text is a fresh, new look at leadership...”\u003c\/i\u003e -- Louise L MacKay * Reviewer Quote *\u003cbr\u003e\"Excellent cogent analysis of key concepts of leadership are presented in a reader friendly style.\" -- Saul B. Grossman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface 1. The Leadership Challenge    Leaders and Leadership are Universal in the Human Experience    Pursuing Graduate Study to Become the “Complete Leader”    Leadership Is an Art Because It Involves a Purposive Construction of Self    The Importance of Individual Agency    Leadership Is an Acquired Set of Habits and Skills    Why Academic Study?    Is There a Difference Between Leadership and Management?    The Basis of Authority    The Use of Power and Sanctions    Follower Relations and Interactions    Role Legitimacy and Relationships    Creativity    The Necessary Alliance: Leadership and Management    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 2. Archetypes of Leadership in the Human Experience    An Example of a Personal Leadership Journey    The Origins of Leadership    Leadership is Universal —But Leaders Are Contextual and Culturally Specific Actors    The American Monomyth in Action    Gender Barriers in Mythos and Religion    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 3. Mental Prisms of Leadership    Discerning Contemporary Notions of Perception and Truth    How Do We Know What We Perceive Is True? Theories of Truth    Linguistic Difficulties with Theories of Truth    The Uses of Truth in Science    Pursuing “Truth” in Educational Leadership    Tracing the Influence of Herbert Simon and the Doctrine of Efficiency    A Final Commentary About Theories of Truth    Pursuing Leaning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 4. Individual Human Agency and Principles of Action    The Apex of Decision-Making: The Oracle of Delphi    The Gardner Cognitive Model of Leadership    There’s No Getting Around Who the Leader Is and What Is Important    The Antipodes of Moral Discourse    A Man of Unbending Principle Changes the Center of Gravity of a Nation    A Pragmatic Man of the People Saves the Nation    The Creation of a Moral Compass    A Moral Compass in Contentious Times: The Case of Ted Bell    The Case of the Wounded Leader    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 5. Leadership as Artful Performance    Roles vs. Traits: Popular Misconceptions of Leadership    Determining Role Legitimacy as the Basis of Performance    Is Leadership Acting?    Real Life Drama in Chicago: A Portrait of Power Undone    How Followers Look to School Leaders for What They Need    A Portrait of Two Types of Story Tellers as Leaders    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 6. Understanding the Landscape of Educational Leadership    Central Tenets of Modernism    The Pseudo Scientific Epoch: Educational Leadership and the Long Shadow of “Scientific Management”    The Early Scientific Epoch    The Behaviorism Epoch    The Epoch of Structuralism    The Feminist\/Critical Theory Epoch    The Critical Race Theory Epoch    The Queer Theory Epoch    The Postmodern Epoch    Kitsch Management Texts and Educational Leadership    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 7. Balancing Performance and Accountability    A Review of the Many Forms of Life Writing    Third Person Forms of Life Writing    First Person Life Writing Forms    Gauging the Possibilities of Life Writing to Understand Leadership    Confronting the Myopia of “the Field”    Servant Leadership: The Mind and the Heart as One    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References 8. Artful Performance and National Standards    The National Leadership Standards    Foucault’s Concept of Apparatus    Problems with the Knowledge Base: Producing an Unequivocal Platform for the Normalizing Gaze and the Policing Function    Re-Tracing the Steps in the Developmental Process    Step One: Reductionism, Rationality and Core Technologies    Step Two: The Erasure of Context So One Size Fits All    Step Three: Stifling Research Dissent by the V.C.P (Vicious Circle Principle)    The Metaphors of Efficiency in the ISLLC Standards    The National Debate on Educational Leadership Preparation    Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter    Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal    A Review of Key Chapter Concepts    References Index About the Author","brand":"SAGE Publications, Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768005525847,"sku":"9780761928119","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761928119.jpg?v=1758715872","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-art-of-educational-leadership-9780761928119","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}