the challenges of contemporary school leadership /
First Statement of Responsibility
Brian Fidler and Tessa Atton.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
RoutledgeFalmer,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2004.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (viii, 248 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-243) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Introduction; History and theories of leadership; Recent developments in headship; Development of leadership thought and its application to schools; Learning and playing the game: current headship practice; Learning about the job of headship and its contemporary demands; Understanding the external demands; Understanding the internal demands; Selecting and supporting headteachers; Achieving headship; The career of headship; Life cycle of a head: becoming a head; Life cycle of a head: being a head; Playing longer.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
This book describes what it means to be a headteacher, what current headship entails and how prospective headteachers prepare themselves for headship. Underlying is the question of what could be done to support and make headship attractive.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
eBook Library
Stock Number
EBL181851
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Headship game.
International Standard Book Number
0415277817
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Educational leadership-- Great Britain.
School management and organization-- Great Britain.