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Record Nr.

UNINA9910476804803321

Autore

Dimmock Clive A. J.

Titolo

Innovative school principals and restructuring : life history portraits of successful managers of change / / Clive Dimmock, Tom O'Donoghue

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Taylor & Francis, , [1997]

©1996

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 189 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Educational management series

Disciplina

371.2/00994

Soggetti

School management and organization - Australia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. The background : restructuring and the principalship -- 3. Methodology -- 4. Bronwyn Evans -- 5. Janet Turner -- 6. Simon Jeffrey -- 7. David Smith -- 8. Anne Jones -- 9. Jason Johns -- 10. Discussion of case studies -- 11. Conclusion and implications.

Sommario/riassunto

Restructuring is an international phenomenon, and great stress is placed on the role of the innovative principal in the process. This book offers insights into the ways in which six principals go about leading the change process in their schools, and looks for ways of understanding why and how principals behave and think in the way they do. Its edited topical life history approach identifies key events, experiences and significant others in the lives of the case study managers, and shows how these have shaped the way they implement changes to curriculum, teaching and learning in their schools.