The art of the possible : Politics and governance in modern British history, 1885–1997: Essays in memory of Duncan Tanner / / Edited by Chris Williams and Andrew Edwards

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797610203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , 2015; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017; ©2015
• ISBN: 1-78499-157-0; 1-78170-879-7; 1-78499-156-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 941.082
• Soggetti: HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General; Electronic books.; Great Britain Politics and government 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures -- Editors and contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction Duncan Tanner and the art of the possible: understanding politics and governance in modern British history -- 1 The making and remaking of ‘common sense’ about British economic policy -- 2 The ‘Big State’ versus the ‘Big Society’ in twentieth-century Britain -- 3 ‘One meaning blots out another’? Liberals and Labour in the East Midlands coalfield -- 4 Cartooning the rise of Labour, 1900–21 -- 5 Novels for ‘thinking people’: fiction and the inter-war broad left -- 6 Myth and counter-myth in Second World War British politics -- 7 Labour, nationalism and the problem of Welsh devolution, c.1939–64 -- 8 Defending the constitution: the Conservative party and the idea of devolution, 1945–74 -- 9 Public and private languages of ‘class’ in the Luton by-election of 1963 -- 10 Community and the Labour left in 1970s London -- 11 Labour, the Union and the rebirth of Welsh devolution -- Duncan Tanner: a select bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This title explores some of the major transitions, opportunities and false dawns of modern British political history. It engages with the scholarly legacy of Professor Duncan Tanner (1958-2010) whose work was focused on the political process and on politics in government.

Keys to success for urban school principals / / Gwendolyn J. Cooke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910797475203321
• Autore: Cooke Gwendolyn J.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007; ©2007
• ISBN: 1-4833-6228-0
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2011
• Soggetti: School principals - United States; Education, Urban - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Introduction""; ""No Child Left Behind""; ""Overview of Chapters and How to Use This Book""; ""Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC) Standards for School Leadership""; ""Chapter 1 - Control: Managing the School Community""; ""Establishing Control""; ""Time Management""; ""The Virtues of the Routine""; ""Choice Not Chance""; ""Leadership Standards and Expectations""; ""Excellence Theory""; ""Excellence in School Leadership""; ""Problems of Practice""; ""Professional Development Options""; ""Control Surveys for School Assessment Use""""Control Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 2 - Caring: Addressing the Affective Domain of Leadership Success""; ""Affective Aspects of the Standards-Based School Environment""; ""Importance of Affective Focus in School Reform""; ""Inviting School Success""; ""Personalizing Schools to Meet Studentsâ€? Needs""; ""Managing by Walking around""; ""Being Up Front and Personal with Faculty and Staff Culture""; ""On Becoming a Soulful School""; ""Caring Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 3 - Change: ; Leading in a New Direction""; ""Responding to Forces of Change""""Taking Charge of Change""; ""Planning for and Bringing about Change""; ""Concerns-Based Adoption Model""; ""Consensus-Based Adoption Model""; ""Overcoming Resistance to Change""; ""Study Circles: Fables""; ""Change Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 4 - Charisma: Leading with Personality""; ""Itâ€?s a Big Job, and Youâ€?re the One Who can Do it""; ""The Principalship in its Contemporary Context""; ""Charisma by any Other Name""; ""Heroic Leadership""; ""Charismatic Leaders""; ""Following the Leader""; ""The Need for Charismatic Leaders""; ""Urban Principalsâ€? Academy""""Charisma Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 5 - Communication: Sharing Vision and Commitment for Success""; ""The Principal as Communicator""; ""Formulating and Promoting a Vision""; ""Collegiality Conversations""; ""Communicating with Students and Parents""; ""Communicating with Partners""; ""Six Communication Traps""; ""Communication Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 6 - Curriculum: The Tool for Instructional Leadership""; ""Attaining Student Achievement through Instructional Leadership""; ""Professional and Personal Readiness""; ""Professional Associations Target Curriculum Leadership""""Curriculum Leadership Research""; ""Three Overlapping Approaches""; ""Subtle Clues""; ""The Hidden Curriculum""; ""Curriculum Monitoring""; ""Curriculum Reflective Practice Exercises""; ""Chapter 7 - Courage: Risk Taking and Responsibility""; ""Learning to Take Risks as a School Leader""; ""Donâ€?t be Afraid to Fail""; ""Plan, Do, Study, Act""; ""Yin Yang: A Perspective for Risk Taking""; ""Build Awareness""; ""Encouraging others to Abandon the Known""; ""Think Like a Genius""; ""Celebrate Excellence""; ""Removing Obstacles to Ensure Increased Student Achievement""