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Identifying Behavioral Characteristics Of High School Principals Providing Leadership In Reforming Iowa High Schools, Nadene E. Davidson
Identifying Behavioral Characteristics Of High School Principals Providing Leadership In Reforming Iowa High Schools, Nadene E. Davidson
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Technological advances and the changing world have created new challenges in preparing our youth to lead satisfying lives in the twenty-first century. Current literature supports the case that change is needed in our high schools to move from the factory preparation model to become more personalized learning communities preparing students for life in a global community. This reinvented high school will require reinvented leadership to guide the process of high school reform. The purpose of this study was to identify behavioral characteristics of high school principals providing leadership in reforming Iowa high schools.
Interviews were conducted with educators from two …
The Role Of Spirituality In Women's Leadership At Community Colleges, Carol L. Hedberg
The Role Of Spirituality In Women's Leadership At Community Colleges, Carol L. Hedberg
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This qualitative research study examined the role of women's leadership in Iowa community colleges. Administrative leaders from community college settings, recommended by their presidents, wrote narratives about effective leadership traits and from these narratives, four women leaders were selected and later interviewed. Key thematic categories were developed from the written and verbal narratives. The resulting data set was then analyzed by a comparative case study approach. Emerging thematic categories were interpreted through the lens of four primary research questions addressing the relationship between gender, spirituality, and authentic leadership.
A plethora of issues surfaced from the data. Issues of gender and …