Kenneth Leithwood, Paul T. Begley, and J. Bradley Cousins.
Washington, D.C. :
Falmer,
1992.
xii, 303 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-291) and indexes.
Foreword / Philip Hallinger -- pt. 1. A Perspective on Developing Expert Leadership for Future Schools. 1. A Conception of Expert Leadership for Future Schools. 2. What Research Tells Us about the Present State of School Leadership -- pt. 2. The Nature of Expert Leadership for Future Schools. 3. Envisioning Future Schools. 4. Expert School Leadership on the High Ground and in the Swamp. 5. Expert School Leadership on the High Ground. 6. Expert School Leadership in the Swamp. 7. The Special Role of Values in School Leadership. 8. Teacher Development: A Central Problem for Leaders of Future Schools. 9. Collaborative School Cultures: A Key Part of the Solution -- pt. 3. Developing Expert Leadership for Future Schools. 10. The Socialization of School-Leaders. 11. Characteristics of Formal Programs for Developing Expert School Leadership on the High Ground. 12. Characteristics of Formal Programs for Developing Expert School Leadership in the Swamp.
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Presents arguments about the nature of expert school leadership, parallelling developments from the early 1980s, when the emphasis was on identifying the behaviours of effective principals, to the early 1990s, when the focus has shifted to understanding the thinking behind those behaviours.