School leadership and administration : adopting a cultural perspective / / edited by Allan Walker and Clive Dimmock

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : RoutledgeFalmer, , 2002
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.2
• Soggetto topico: Educational anthropology; Educational leadership - Social aspects; School management and organization - Social aspects
• Altri autori: DimmockClive A. J WalkerAllan <1956->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: School Leadership and Administration ADOPTING A CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction The Societal Cultural Context of Educational Administration and Leadership; Part I: Conceptualizing and Researching the Influence of Societal Culture; 1. Cross-Cultural and Comparative Insights into Educational Administration and Leadership An Initial Framework; 2. Educational Leadership Taking Account of Complex Global and Cultural Contexts ; 3. Western-Centric Perspectives on Values and Leadership Cultural Isomorphs of Educational Administration4. Learning and Teaching A Cross-Cultural Perspective; 5. Issues in the Investigation of School Leadership across Cultures; Part II: The Influence of Societal Culture on Schools and School Leadership; 6. Leadership, Learning, and the Challenge to Democracy The Cases of Hong Kong, the United Kingdom, and the United States; 7. Educational Change in Thailand Opening a Window onto Leadership as a Cultural Process; 8. Shaping the Curriculum in Hong Kong Contexts and Cultures ; 9. Leadership in High Achieving Schools in Singapore The Influence of Societal Culture; 10. Leadership and Culture in Chinese Education; 11. School Leadership in English Schools Portraits, Puzzles, and Identity; 12. Hong Kong Principals' Dilemmas Basic Management and Consequence; 13. Conclusion Embedding Societal Culture in the Study of Educational Leadership; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This text calls for a broader approach to comparative educational administration: one which uses culture as the principle means of analysis. The articles collected by Allan Walker and Clive Dimmock detail the educational practices and outcomes of other systems while taking into account the mediating influence of culture. In this way, these essays stress the specific aspects of the cultures studied, and map out common ground for the study of administrators' values, beliefs, and actions.
• Titolo autorizzato: School leadership and administration
• ISBN: 1-136-06114-2; 1-283-84626-8; 1-136-06106-1; 0-203-61613-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823034103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Reference Books in International Education