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Leadership And Human Development, Dennis Bunch, Jennifer Fillingim, Joe Blackbourn
Leadership And Human Development, Dennis Bunch, Jennifer Fillingim, Joe Blackbourn
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This article describes Graves’ theory of sociological development and its applicability to leadership. The interrelationship of the most common levels of functioning, appropriate management techniques, and methods for facilitating the growth of organization members is examined.
Herding Tigers: Leading The “On-Behalf-Of” Organization, Anthony O. Putman
Herding Tigers: Leading The “On-Behalf-Of” Organization, Anthony O. Putman
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This article addresses leadership issues from the descriptive psychology perspective. This orientation involves consideration of the complex features of leadership and participation in an interactive social process. It further focuses on the diverse positions that all organizational stakeholders bring to an issue in their interpretation of that issue and the behavior of others.
Doing Our Job: Making Possible Futures More Real For Others, Dennis Rader
Doing Our Job: Making Possible Futures More Real For Others, Dennis Rader
Journal of Contemporary Research in Education
This article addresses leadership within the context of a teacher’s interpersonal skills. It argues that the basic responsibility of all educational professionals is to facilitate a student’s personal vision, his goals, and his potential positive future outcomes. The position in this article is that learning, growth, and development are essentially emergent, constructivist endeavors and a teacher’s role is to nurture this process.
The Public Secondary School And Teacher In American Films Of The 1990s, Arleen Belinda Dowd
The Public Secondary School And Teacher In American Films Of The 1990s, Arleen Belinda Dowd
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This study examined how public secondary schools and educators were portrayed in American films of the 1990s. Thirty films were selected for study that were produced and released in the decade of the 1990s. Content analysis and a "Film Analysis Form" produced answers to eight questions regarding the learning environments, portrayal of educators and students, the academic and life lessons taught, and positive or negative statements about education in the films of this decade. The results shoa series of complex environments, educators, students, and academic and life lessons delivered. An assessment of the positive and negative portrayal provided more negative …
Impact Of Leadership Effectiveness And Organizational Climate On Academic Achievement In Memphis City Schools' Alternative High Schools, Billy J. Walker
Impact Of Leadership Effectiveness And Organizational Climate On Academic Achievement In Memphis City Schools' Alternative High Schools, Billy J. Walker
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The primary purpose of this study was to conduct an investigation to determine the relationships between leadership effectiveness, organizational climate, and academic achievement in Memphis City Schools' alternative high schools. In this quantitative study, the Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI) was used to gather leadership effectiveness perceptions, and the Gallup Q12 was used to gather organizational climate surveys from the four regional alternative high schools in Memphis City Schools. The survey instruments were distributed to over 120 principals, teachers, and educational support staff with 103 (85.83%) responding. Analysis of variance (ANOVA), two-way analysis of variance (Two-Way ANOVA), and a Pearson's correlation …