Bringing Out the Best in Teachers: What Effective Principals Do - Brossura

Blase, Joseph; Kirby, Peggy C.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0803960107 ISBN 13: 9780803960107

Casa editrice: Corwin Press Inc, 1992

Riassunto

The everyday strategies that effective principals use to influence, motivate and empower teachers - and ultimately students - is the subject of this book, which is based on empirical data and presented from the perspective of teachers themselves.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Joseph Blase is a professor of educational administration at the University of Georgia. Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1980 from Syracuse University, his research has focused on school reform, transformational leadership, the micropolitics of education, principal-teacher relationships, and the work lives of teachers. His work concentrating on school-level micropolitics received the 1988 Davis Memorial Award given by the University Council for Educational Administration, and his coauthored article published in the Journal of Educational Administration won the W. G. Walker 2000 Award for Excellence. In 1999 he was recognized as an elite scholar, one of the 50 Most Productive and Influential Scholars of Educational Administration in the world. Blase’s books include The Politics of Life in Schools: Power, Conflict, and Cooperation (winner of the 1994 Critic’s Choice Award sponsored by the American Education Studies Association), Bringing Out the Best in Teachers (1994, 2000, 2008); The Micropolitics of Educational Leadership (1995), Empowering Teachers (1994, 2000), Democratic Principals in Action (1995), The Fire Is Back (1997), Handbook of Instructional Leadership (1998, 2004), Breaking the Silence (2003), and Teachers Bringing Out the Best in Teachers (2006). His recent research (coauthored with Jo Blase and Du Fengning, 2008), a national study of principal mistreatment of teachers, appeared in The Journal of Educational Administration. Professor Blase has published over 120 academic articles, chapters, and books.

Contenuti:

Foreword - Arthur Blumberg
Foreword - Laura Lester
Principals and Their Effectiveness
Power of Praise
Influencing by Expecting
Influencing by Involving
Granting Professional Autonomy
Leading by Standing Behind
Gentle Nudges
Suggesting Versus Directing
Positive Use of Formal Authority
Mirrors to the Possible
Conclusions, Caveats, and Challenges
Resources
Research Methods and Procedures; Recommended Books

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Corwin Press Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0803960107
• ISBN 13: 9780803960107
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160