
Rethinking Leadership
A Collection of Articles
Thomas J. Sergiovanni(Author)
Corwin Press Inc
1st Edition
Published on 1. June 1999
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176 pages
978-1-57517-148-7 (ISBN)
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WANTED: Personable, sensitive, reflective, good listener to head our country. That's the leader of the future.
In Rethinking Leadership: A Collection of Articles, Thomas J. Sergiovanni gives an in-depth look into the various qualities that comprise the leader of the 21st century. In this review of his "best of" works, Sergiovanni discusses leadership as a moral craft, addresses the development stages of leadership, and analyzes leaders' roles in the learning community. The results provide educators with practical advice for improving school environments.
In Rethinking Leadership: A Collection of Articles, Thomas J. Sergiovanni gives an in-depth look into the various qualities that comprise the leader of the 21st century. In this review of his "best of" works, Sergiovanni discusses leadership as a moral craft, addresses the development stages of leadership, and analyzes leaders' roles in the learning community. The results provide educators with practical advice for improving school environments.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-57517-148-7 (9781575171487)
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Thomas J. Sergiovanni is Lillian Radford Professor of Education at Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, where he teaches in the school leadership program and in the five-year teacher education program. Sergiovanni received his master's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, his Doctor of Education degree from the University of Rochester, and honorary degrees from the University of San Diego and State University of New York. Prior to joining the faculty at Trinity, he was on the faculty of education administration at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, for 19 years, and he chaired the department for seven years. A former associate editor of Educational Administration Quarterly, Sergiovanni serves on the editorial boards of Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education and Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice. Among his recent books are Moral Leadership (1992), Building Community in Schools (1994), Leadership for the Schoolhouse (1996), The Lifeworld of Leadership: Creating Culture, Community, and Personal Meaning in Our Schools (2000), Supervision: A Redefinition (2002), and Strengthening the Heartbeat: Leading and Learning Together in Schools (2005).
Content
Foreword - Theodore R. Sizer
Prologue
Section 1: Leadership as a Moral Craft
Leadership and Excellence in Schooling
Administering as a Moral Craft
New Sources of Leadership Authority
Leadership as Stewardship
Section 2: The Developmental Stages of Leadership
Adding Value to Leadership Gets Extraordinary Results
Why Transformational Leadership Works and How to Provide It
The Roots of School Leadership
Why We Should Seek Substitutes for Leadership
Section 3: Leading the Learning Community
Changing Our Theory of Schooling
Relationships in Communities
Getting Practical
Small Schools, Great Expectations
Index
Prologue
Section 1: Leadership as a Moral Craft
Leadership and Excellence in Schooling
Administering as a Moral Craft
New Sources of Leadership Authority
Leadership as Stewardship
Section 2: The Developmental Stages of Leadership
Adding Value to Leadership Gets Extraordinary Results
Why Transformational Leadership Works and How to Provide It
The Roots of School Leadership
Why We Should Seek Substitutes for Leadership
Section 3: Leading the Learning Community
Changing Our Theory of Schooling
Relationships in Communities
Getting Practical
Small Schools, Great Expectations
Index