The social construction of educational leadership : southern Appalachian ceilings
Anna Hicks McFadden, Penny Smith
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books
| Utgitt | New York : P. Lang , c2004
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| Omfang | VIII, 296 s.
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| Opplysninger | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph. - Southern Appalachian ceilings -- Cracker-barrel wisdom: the geographic context -- Good ol' boys and girls: the professional context -- The dissembling study -- Transforming Bubba -- Appalachian Steel Magnolias -- Role-playing -- Carpetbaggers: being "from off" -- The social construction of educational leadership -- Ceilings in transition -- Tripping at the tipping point.. - "The Social Construction of Educational Leadership: Southern Appalachian Ceilings addresses decisions about who is chosen to lead public schools, and how they do it. Using their research on senior level public school leaders in the southern mountains of North Carolina as a representative case study, the authors construct an argument for a reconsideration of the role of place - both in decisions about who becomes a school leader, and in how those leaders behave professionally.. - The authors describe the changes in a leadership system grounded in race, class, geographic, and gender preferences that dating back to colonial systems of deference, describing the pattern of those changes, and exploring their implications for school leadership, and the preparation of prospective leaders in the region and elsewhere."--Jacket.
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| Emner | Appalachian Region, Southern - Social conditions
Educational leadership - Appalachian Region, Southern Women school administrators - Social conditions - Appalachian Region, Southern Women - Employment History - Appalachian Region, Southern Vis mer... Education
Social Sciences Theory & Practice of Education skoleledelse kjønn flerkulturell kvinner etniske grupper skoleledere USA sosiale forhold indianere |
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| ISBN | 0820468126
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