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Educational Leadership

University of Mississippi

Journal

2012

Articles 1 - 3 of 3

Full-Text Articles in Education

Leadership And Human Development, Dennis Bunch, Jennifer Fillingim, Joe Blackbourn Dec 2012

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 Aug 2012

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 Aug 2012

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.