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Supervision A Redefinition

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ISBN-10: 0073131261

ISBN-13: 9780073131269

Edition: 8th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Thomas J. Sergiovanni, Robert J. Starratt

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The best known book in the field, Supervision: A Redefinition is a research-based guide to the practice and philosophy of supervision. Practical applications are supported by a conception of supervision as moral agency, and the book continues to promote a redefinition of supervision from a traditional top-down hierarchy to a shared activity involving all stake-holders in the school--including teachers, administrators, and parents.The eighth edition continues a thirty-plus year tradition of breaking new ground by reconsidering the field of supervision in response to changing school contexts, policies, and realities. The new edition shows even more clearly how the book's ideas can be used to…    
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Book details

List price: $192.33
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Publication date: 3/29/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.430

Preface
Perspectives for Supervision
A Framework for Supervision Introduction
Some Background Both Role and Function Leading and Learning Together
A Framework for Supervision Images of Supervision Scenario Scientific Management
Human Relations, and Neoscientific Management Supervision Human Resources Supervision
Human Relations and Human Resources Supervision Compared Revisiting the Supervisors Summary Some Reflections
Sources of Authority for Supervisory Leadership Introduction Some Background
The Sources of Authority Bureaucratic Authority Personal Authority Professional Authority Moral Authority Leading with Ideas
Accountability Writ Large Instructional Coherance ESSPAR: Ideas in Action Distributed Accountability
Trust First Supervision II What About Control?
The Importance of Capacity Building Summary Some Reflections
Supervising the Learning Community Introduction Some Background Linking Community to Learning
Community for Learning Community as Curriculum The Learning Community of Teachers
The Learning Process in a Learning Community Primary and Secondary
Reflective Practice Building a Learning Community Summary Some Reflections
Supervision as Moral Action Introduction Some Background
The Moral Ground Rules of Supervisory Practice Promoting a Moral Community
The Moral Ideal of Teaching The Moral Character of Learning and Teaching Basic Assumptions
Relational Learning vs. Isolated Learning Knowledge as Familiarity and Respect Leading to Responsibility
The Moral Character of Scholarship
The Social Responsibility of Knowledge Utilization
Two Teachers With Different Understandings of Learning Summary Some Reflections
The Supervisor's Educational Platform Introduction Some Background
The Basic Competency Platform
The Democratic Socialization Platform
The Urban Teacher Platform The Ecological Platform
Two Views of Knowledge and Learning Elements of a Platform
The Supervisor's Platform Approaches to Platform Clarification Summary Reflection
Foundations for Supervision
Teaching and Learning Introduction Some Background
Deep Understanding for All Students Authentic
Teaching and Learning The Context of the Learner Implications for Teaching Standards for Authentic
Pedagogy Concern with Outcomes Teaching for Understanding
Understanding by Design Research on Best Practice Summary Some Reflections
Supervisors Engaging Curriculum
Through Assessment Introduction Some Background
Assessment within Mandated Accountability
A Deeper View of Assessment Constructivist
Teaching and Learning Reflective Practice
A More Thoughtful Assessment System
Assessment as Part of Curriculum Self-Assessment Authenticity in Assessment
The Force of Prior Assumptions Summary Some Reflections
Developing Teacher Leadership Introduction Some Background
The Supervisor as a Professional Emerging Perspectives on Teacher Leadership
Teacher Leadership in the Classroom
Teacher Leadership in Comprehensive School Reform
Teacher Leadership as Relational Implications for Supervisors Summary Some Reflections
Supervision, Evaluation, and Renewal
Classroom Supervision and Evaluation: Perspectives for Practice Introduction Some Background
How Scientific is Supervision and Evaluation?
Avoiding a Rationalistic Bias Patterned Rationality Confusing
Evaluation and Measurement Issues of Comprehensiveness Issues of Credibility