Preparing School Leaders Defining a Research

Written for professors of school administration to strengthen leadership preparation programs, Preparing School Leaders provides an overview of leadership preparation in school administration. The book looks at the three key dimensions of leadership preparation in school administration the history of how we arrived at where we are, a critical analysis of current state of affairs, and an agenda for improvement as we move forward.

Joseph Murphy is professor of public policy and education and associate dean at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University

Dedication

v

Acknowledgments

vi

Foreword

Martha McCarthy, Indiana University

vii

1 Setting the Stage

1

(3)

2 A Historical Note on Preparation

4

(7)

3 Preparing School Administrators, 1986; Change Forces

11

(2)

4 The Evolution to a Post-Industrial World

13

(5)

5 The Changing Nature of Schooling

18

(12)

6 Consternation within the Profession: Meltdown of the Core

30

(27)

7 An Agenda for Research and Action

57

(9)

8 Strengthening Scholarship and Research on the Preparatory Function

66

(10)

9 Responses

76

(25)

Preparing New Leaders for the "New Economy": A Response to Charting the Changing Landscape

Gary Anderson, New York University

Leader Preparation Research Priorities and Reform Agendas: A Response to Charting the Changing Landscape

Diana Pounder; University of Utah

87

(6)

UCEA's National Reform Agenda in Action: An Afterword

Michelle D. Young, University Council for Educational Administration, and Gary G. Crow, University of Utah

93

(8)

References

101

(26)

Index

127

(4)

About the Commentors

131

(4)

About the Author

135

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Preparing School Leaders Defining a Research and Action Agenda

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