Full Description
At a time when America's schools face many of the most difficult challenges ever, the authors of Leading for Democracy: A Case-Based Approach to Principal Preparation return the reader to an agenda for democratic leadership for schools. Emphasizing the need for leadership preparation programs to reexamine existing and more traditional approaches to principal preparation, this comprehensive book draws to the foreground the need for a case-based approach that reflects the real-world problems and challenges faced by principals in schools today. In particular, Leading for Democracy emphasizes both a case-based pedagogy for principal preparation and the democratic ideals that provide the foundation for democratic schools, bringing into specific relief the work ahead for professors of educational leaders in preparing principals ground in democratic practice. Equally important, Leading for Democracy provides practical insight to the challenges of today's principal, offering a set of pedagogical tools for professors to guide students of leadership in learning and understanding the difficult work required of leading democratically, set against the backdrop of a changing America.
Contents
DedicationAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionSection I: Democratic Learning Chapter 1 Teaching Democratic Leadership Through CasesChapter 2 Understanding Case-based PedagogySection II: Social Justice OverviewChapter 3 Special Education and Inclusion: A Social Justice CaseChapter 4 Nothing Matters but School Ratings: A Social Justice CaseChapter 5 The Teacher Assigned to a Poor Mentor: A Social Justice CaseChapter 6 Billy's Homework Woes: A Social Justice CaseChapter 7 Compulsory Attendance or Marginalization?: A Social Justice CaseChapter 8 Field Trip Denied: A Social Justice CaseSection III: Equity OverviewChapter 9 Giving up Fine Arts for Core Subject Improvement: An Equity CaseChapter 10 The Special Needs Student Who Was Moved: An Equity CaseChapter 11 Drinking at the Prom: An Equity CaseChapter 12 Two-Way Immersion: An Equity CaseChapter 13 Privilege ISD: An Equity CaseChapter 14 A Disheartening Decision: An Equity CaseSection IV: Diversity OverviewChapter 15 The African American Who Was Not Hired: A Diversity CaseChapter 16 The New Immigrant Who Could Not Pass the State Exam: A Diversity CaseChapter 17 Summer School for All: A Diversity CaseChapter 18 Program Segregation Woes: A Diversity CaseChapter 19 Does Color Matter: A Diversity CaseChapter 20 Questioning the Need for Bilingual Classes: A Diversity CaseSection V: Reflections on Democratic LeadershipChapter 21 Implications for the Leader Educator and PractitionerChapter 22 Coda: The Obligation of School Leaders and the Promise of DemocracyReferencesAbout the Authors
