Educational Administration: Theory, Research, and Practice - Brossura

Hoy, Wayne K; Miskel, Cecil G

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ISBN 10: 0072875682 ISBN 13: 9780072875683

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004

Riassunto

A leading text in its field, Educational Administration presents the most comprehensive synthesis available of theory and research in organizational behavior as it applies to the practice of Educational Administration. Each theoretical perspective presented concludes with an authentic case study that challenges students to apply their knowledge to an actual contemporary school problem.

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L'autore:

Wayne K. Hoy, former chair of the department of educational administration, associate dean of academic affairs, and distinguished professor at Rutgers University, is now the Novice Fawcett Chair in Educational Administration at The Ohio State University. Professor Hoy received his B. A. from Lock Haven State College in 1959 and his D. Ed. from The Pennsylvania State University in 1965. His primary research interests are theory and research in administration, the sociology of organizations, and the social psychology of administration. In 1973, he received the Lindback Foundation Award for Distinguished Teaching from Rutgers University; in 1987, he was given the Alumni Award for Professional Research from the Graduate School of Education; in 1991, he received the Excellence in Education Award from The Pennsylvania State University; and in 1992, he was given the Meritorious Research Award from the Eastern Educational Research Association. He is past secretary-treasurer of the National Conference of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) and is past president of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA). He currently serves on the editorial boards of the Educational Administration Quarterly, Journal of Educational Administration, the McGill Journal of Education, and the Journal of Research and Development in Education. Professor Hoy is coauthor with Professors D. J. Willower and T. L. Eidell of The School and Pupil Control Ideology (1967), with Patrick Forsyth of Effective Supervision: Theory into Practice (1986), and with John Tarter and Robert Kottkamp, Open Schools-Healthy Schools: Measuring Organizational Climate (1991). He has been described by the Australian Institute of Educational Administration as one of "the world's most widely read authors in the field of Educational Administration." Professor Hoy has written more than a hundred books, articles, chapters, and papers. His most recent books are Administrators Solving the Problems of Practice, (Allyn & Bacon, 1995) with C. J. Tarter; The Road to Open and Healthy Schools (Corwin, 1997) with C. J. Tarter; Quality Middle Schools (Corwin, 1998) with Dennis Sabo.

Contenuti:

Preface

Chapter 1: The School as a Social System

Chapter 2: The Technical Core: Learning and Teaching

Chapter 3: Structure in Schools

Chapter 4: Individuals in Schools

Chapter 5: Culture and Climate of Schools

Chapter 6: Power and Politics in Schools

Chapter 7: External Environments of Schools

Chapter 8: School Effectiveness and Accountability

Chapter 9: Decision Making in Schools

Chapter 10: Communication in Schools

Chapter 11: Leadership in Schools

Chapter 12: One Last Time: A Review of the School as a Social System

A Collection of Cases for Educational Leadership

Bibliography

Indexes

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• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072875682
• ISBN 13: 9780072875683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 528