Managerial Imperative and the Practice of Leadership in Schools

Name: Managerial Imperative and the Practice of Leadership in Schools
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ISBN: 9780887065941

ISBN-10: 0887065945

ISBN-13: 9780887065941

Edition: N/A

Authors: Larry Cuban

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With this significant new work, Larry Cuban provides a unique and insightful perspective on the bridging of the long-standing and well-known gap between teachers and administrators. Drawing on the literature of the field as well as personal experience, Cuban recognizes the enduring structural relationship within school organizations inherited by teachers, principals, and superintendents, and calls for a renewal of their sense of common purpose regarding the role of schooling in a democratic society.Cuban analyzes the dominant images (moral and technical), roles (instructional, managerial, and political), and contexts (classroom, school, and district) within which teachers, principals, and…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 1/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 293
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English



Figures and Tables


Preface


Introduction



The Crucible



Teaching: Images and Roles



Drifting into Teaching and Staying Awhile



Principaling: Images and Roles



Perverse Incentives: Moving Back and Forth Between Classroom and Administration



Superintending: Images and Roles



From High School Teacher to Superintendent to Professor



Meanings



From Images and Roles to Leadership



Summary and Implications


Notes


Index