The Art of Educational Leadership; Balancing Performance and Accountability

by Fenwick W. English

• ISBN13: 9781412957410
• ISBN10: 1412957419
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-08-24
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

"English successfully challenges the established educational community to rethink the current state of research on school leadership in the social sciences...The inclusion of theory, discourse, and stories of recognized leaders followed by chapter learning extensions that include key concepts, movie recommendations, and prompted reflective journaling makes this book a most valuable resource for the educational leadership community." - H.J. Bultinck, CHOICE'œThe Art of Educational Leadership provides one of the most complete examinations of leadership that I have encountered. I admire the way it urges students to think and reflect. The format allows individual learners to focus on those materials that best fit their learning style while the numerous presentations of a single topic through the different modalities strengthens the learning. This text is a fresh, new look at leadership...' -Louise L MacKay, East Tennessee State University "Fenwick W. English returns to themes of leadership he explored in more than 20 earlier books and dozens of presentation to educator audiences. He favors "re-centering educational leadership in the humanities," rather than acting on the recommendation of the business literature, and he emphasizes the use of films as a way to humanize leadership concepts." -THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR "Excellent cogent analysis of key concepts of leadership are presented in a reader friendly style." -Saul B. Grossman, Temple University Moves beyond established notions of leadership to recognize that effective leading is about drama and performance-artistry!The Art of Educational Leadership : Balancing Performance and Accountability stresses the human side of leadership. No other text on this topic demonstrates so ably the importance of artistry in leadership in a field that has been lopsidedly dominated by concepts informed by science.Presenting the idea that leadership is an art, this book: Exemplifies a balance between the science and the art of educational leadership: The real improvement of practice is rooted in the art of application, which is about context and represents the key to leadership practice. Connects content material to self-discovery: Exercises at the end of each chapter include creating a personal, reflective journal to engage the reader in and reflect upon theories and practices presented in the book. Films are suggested for viewing to illustrate the interaction between context, culture, decisions, and outcomes. Portrays multicultural leadership in action: Biography boxes throughout the book share how multicultural educational and political leaders who have been recognized as 'œexpert' practitioners learned the art of leadership in the public arena.This is the first book in educational leadership to sketch out a balance between the science

Table of Contents

Preface

The Leadership ChallengeLeaders and Leadership are Universal in the Human Experience

Pursuing Graduate Study to Become the "Complete Leader"

Leadership Is an Art Because It Involves a Purposive Construction of Self

The Importance of Individual Agency

Leadership Is an Acquired Set of Habits and Skills

Why Academic Study?

Is There a Difference Between Leadership and Management?

The Basis of Authority

The Use of Power and Sanctions

Follower Relations and Interactions

Role Legitimacy and Relationships

Creativity

The Necessary Alliance: Leadership and Management

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Archetypes of Leadership in the Human Experience

An Example of a Personal Leadership Journey

The Origins of Leadership

Leadership is Universal But Leaders Are Contextual and Culturally Specific Actors

The American Monomyth in Action

Gender Barriers in Mythos and Religion

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Mental Prisms of Leadership

Discerning Contemporary Notions of Perception and Truth

How Do We Know What We Perceive Is True? Theories of Truth

Linguistic Difficulties with Theories of Truth

The Uses of Truth in Science

Pursuing "Truth" in Educational Leadership

Tracing the Influence of Herbert Simon and the Doctrine of Efficiency

A Final Commentary About Theories of Truth

Pursuing Leaning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Individual Human Agency and Principles of Action

The Apex of Decision-Making: The Oracle of Delphi

The Gardner Cognitive Model of Leadership

There''s No Getting Around Who the Leader Is and What Is Important

The Antipodes of Moral Discourse

A Man of Unbending Principle Changes the Center of Gravity of a Nation

A Pragmatic Man of the People Saves the Nation

The Creation of a Moral Compass

A Moral Compass in Contentious Times: The Case of Ted Bell

The Case of the Wounded Leader

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Leadership as Artful Performance

Roles vs. Traits: Popular Misconceptions of Leadership

Determining Role Legitimacy as the Basis of PerformanceIs Leadership Acting?

Real Life Drama in Chicago: A Portrait of Power Undone

How Followers Look to School Leaders for What They Need

A Portrait of Two Types of Story Tellers as Leaders

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Understanding the Landscape of Educational Leadership

Central Tenets of Modernism

The Pseudo Scientific Epoch: Educational Leadership and the Long Shadow of "Scientific Management"

The Early Scientific Epoch

The Behaviorism Epoch

The Epoch of Structuralism

The Feminist/Critical Theory Epoch

The Critical Race Theory Epoch

The Queer Theory Epoch

The Postmodern Epoch

Kitsch Management Texts and Educational Leadership

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Balancing Performance and Accountability

A Review of the Many Forms of Life Writing

Third Person Forms of Life WritingFirst Person Life Writing Forms

Gauging the Possibilities of Life Writing to Understand Leadership

Confronting the Myopia of "the Field"

Servant Leadership: The Mind and the Heart as One

Pursuing Learning Extensions of the Chapter

Writing in Your Personal Reflective Journal

A Review of Key Chapter Concepts

References

Artful Performance and National Standards

The National Leadership Standards

Foucault''s Concept of Apparatus

Problems with the Knowledge Base: Producing an Unequivocal Platform for the Normalizing Gaze and the Policing Function

Re-Tracing the Steps in the Developmental Process

Step One: Reductionism, Rationality and Core Technologies

Step Two: The Erasure of Context So One Size Fits All

Step Three

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