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The Ethics Of Educational Leadership, Denver J. Fowler
The Ethics Of Educational Leadership, Denver J. Fowler
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
“No issue has captured the interest and imagination of the American public more than the subject of ethics, particularly in relation to leadership in the public sector” (Rebore, 2000, p.v). One of the most universal questions in educational leadership is “What is the relationship of ethics as it relates to educational leadership?” The answer can be very complex. Many authors who have written on the subject of ethics in educational leadership have tried to answer this question. All major branches of ethics must be considered when attempting to answer this question. These branches include metaethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, moral …
Book Review – “Leadership And The One Minute Manager”, M.S. Rao
Book Review – “Leadership And The One Minute Manager”, M.S. Rao
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Today I read a book titled ‘Leadership and the One Minute Manager’ by Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi and Drea Zigarmi (Harper Collins Publishers). It took four hours for me to read this book. It has valuable takeaways for all and especially for managers and leaders.
Book Review: Challenges Of Sustainable Democracy In Nigeria. Ibadan: John Archer, Segun Oshewolo
Book Review: Challenges Of Sustainable Democracy In Nigeria. Ibadan: John Archer, Segun Oshewolo
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Ojo’s edited book accommodates brilliant essays that focus analytically on the hurdles to Nigeria’s democratization process. The book takes the readers into an interesting, but academically cogent, theme, Nigeria’s democratization process: the odds and socio-politically expedient coping strategies. The foreword, excellently written by a Nigerian professor of political science, J. A.A. Ayoade, will no doubt ignite readers’ interest in the book. Apart from projecting Nigeria as a continental and global force, which necessarily elicits great enthusiasm from democracy observers locally and internationally, it also, precisely and concisely, chronicles Nigeria’s tortuous march to democratization. In the preface of this twenty-five chapter …
Transforming Schools: A Practical Guide For Empowering Change Agents To Facilitate Diversity Transformation, Michael Mott
Transforming Schools: A Practical Guide For Empowering Change Agents To Facilitate Diversity Transformation, Michael Mott
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
For several years now we have all been made aware via numerous media sources and publishing outlets that the demographics of United States K-12 student body and teaching faculty is rapidly transforming into an increasingly more racial, ethnic and religious melting pot representing our democratic societal milieu. Recent research has pointed out the value that a diverse teaching and learning community offers by supporting multiple viewpoints that expand the understandings we develop about ourselves and the world in order that we contribute to our democracy (Banks, 2007). Diversity textbooks cover teacher methods for best practice. Yet for elementary and secondary …
The Leadership Paradox, Jean Marie Vianney Mulinda
The Leadership Paradox, Jean Marie Vianney Mulinda
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of The Leadership Paradox by Denny Gunderson
Book Review – Spousework: Partners Supporting Academic Leaders By Teresa Johnston Oden, Janet Haynes
Book Review – Spousework: Partners Supporting Academic Leaders By Teresa Johnston Oden, Janet Haynes
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
This book is not a first about supporting spouses in leadership roles, however it appears to be the first book to describe marriage with a spouse in educational leadership as “spousework.” Spousework defined by Johnston Oden is “supporting our leader-partners in an artful, intelligent way”. The book is written from the leadership perspective of a wife partnering an academic leader in a marital relationship and an institutional relationship.
Book Review: Island Of The Lost: Shipwrecked At The Edge Of The World By Joan Druett, Peter A. Maresco
Book Review: Island Of The Lost: Shipwrecked At The Edge Of The World By Joan Druett, Peter A. Maresco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Island of the Lost by Joan Druett.
Awards And Recognition For Exceptional Teachers, Hans Andrews
Awards And Recognition For Exceptional Teachers, Hans Andrews
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Awards and Recognition for Exceptional Teachers by Hans A. Andrews.
Activating The Desire To Learn By Bob Sullo, Liana Gonzales
Activating The Desire To Learn By Bob Sullo, Liana Gonzales
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Activating the Desire to Learn by Bob Sullo.
Book Review: Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide By Andrea Smith, Cambridge, Ma: South End Press, 2005, 250 Pages, Isbn: 0896087433, Brian J. Trautman
Book Review: Conquest: Sexual Violence And American Indian Genocide By Andrea Smith, Cambridge, Ma: South End Press, 2005, 250 Pages, Isbn: 0896087433, Brian J. Trautman
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide by Andrea Smith.
Review Of Bonjour Laziness: Jumping Off The Corporate Ladder, Peter A. Maresco
Review Of Bonjour Laziness: Jumping Off The Corporate Ladder, Peter A. Maresco
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Review of Bonjour Laziness: Jumping Off the Corporate Ladder by Corinne Maier.
Half Is Great The Rest Only Good, Craig Johnson
Half Is Great The Rest Only Good, Craig Johnson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Good to Great by Jim Collins.
Review: Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, And Spirituality, Deryl R. Leaming
Review: Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, And Spirituality, Deryl R. Leaming
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Academic Life: Hospitality, Ethics, and Spirituality by John B. Bennett.
Review: Free The Beagle - A Journey To Destinae, Don Litzenberg
Review: Free The Beagle - A Journey To Destinae, Don Litzenberg
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A review of Free the Beagle: A Journey to Destinae by Roy H. Williams
Review: The Administrative Portfolio By Peter Seldin And Mary Lou Higgerson, Deryl R. Leaming
Review: The Administrative Portfolio By Peter Seldin And Mary Lou Higgerson, Deryl R. Leaming
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of The Administrative Portfolio by Peter Seldin and Mary Lou Higgerson.
Academic Duty By Donald Kennedy: A Review By Cody Arvidson, University Of North Texas, Cody Arvidson
Academic Duty By Donald Kennedy: A Review By Cody Arvidson, University Of North Texas, Cody Arvidson
Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
A book review of Academic Duty by Donald Kennedy.