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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817398403321

Autore

English Fenwick W

Titolo

The art of educational leadership : balancing performance and accountability / / Fenwick W. English

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Los Angeles, : SAGE, c2008

ISBN

9781452278803

1452278806

9781322283685

1322283680

9781483328805

1483328805

9781452244938

1452244936

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 233 p.) : ill

Disciplina

371.2

Soggetti

Educational leadership - United States

School management and organization - 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; Chapter 1 - The Leadership Challenge; Chapter 2 - Archetypes of Leadership in the Human Experience; Chapter 3 - Mental Prisms of Leadership; Chapter 4 - Individual Human Agency and Principles of Action; Chapter 5 - Leadership as Artful Performance; Chapter 6 - Understanding the Landscape of Educational Leadership; Chapter 7 - Balancing Performance and Accountability; Chapter 8 - Artful Performance and National Standards; References; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This work sketches out a balance between the science and the art of the field. The text illustrates how performance and practice represent the art, while the delineation of the skills and conceptual models represent the science.