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School Principals

by Jianping Shen (Author)
©2006 Textbook 206 Pages

Summary

School Principals is a timely and important book that fills in a gap in the knowledge base about the principalship. In highly readable form, the writers of this book address such questions as: Who are principals? What do they do? How do they think? What are their working conditions? How are they prepared? Those in educational leadership programs who aspire to be principals will find this information invaluable. Principals who read this will have a better understanding of their everyday work. Educational leadership researchers and policy makers will have a better idea of the population who must respond to the new demands of the principalship.

Details

Pages
206
Year
2006
ISBN (Softcover)
9780820451527
Language
English
Keywords
USA Schulleitung School principal Educational leadership Principalship Aufsatzsammlung Education
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, Oxford, Wien, 2005. 206 pp., num. fig. and tables

Biographical notes

Jianping Shen (Author)

The Author: Jianping Shen is Professor of Educational Leadership at Western Michigan University. He received his Ph.D. in educational leadership and policy studies from the University of Washington, Seattle. In addition to more than sixty articles in professional journals, he is the author of The School of Education: Its Mission, Faculty, and Reward Structure (Peter Lang, 1999).

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