Leading For Democracy

A Case-Based Approach to Principal Preparation

By (author) Patrick M. Jenlink, Lee Stewart, Sandra Stewart

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Publication date:

28 June 2012

Length of book:

230 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781607093497

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.

Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Section I: Democratic Learning
Chapter 1Teaching Democratic Leadership Through Cases
Chapter 2Understanding Case-based Pedagogy
Section II: Social Justice Overview
Chapter 3Special Education and Inclusion: A Social Justice Case
Chapter 4Nothing Matters but School Ratings: A Social Justice Case
Chapter 5The Teacher Assigned to a Poor Mentor: A Social Justice Case
Chapter 6 Billy’s Homework Woes: A Social Justice Case
Chapter 7 Compulsory Attendance or Marginalization?: A Social Justice Case
Chapter 8Field Trip Denied: A Social Justice Case
Section III: Equity Overview
Chapter 9Giving up Fine Arts for Core Subject Improvement: An Equity Case
Chapter 10 The Special Needs Student Who Was Moved: An Equity Case
Chapter 11 Drinking at the Prom: An Equity Case
Chapter 12 Two-Way Immersion: An Equity Case
Chapter 13 Privilege ISD: An Equity Case
Chapter 14 A Disheartening Decision: An Equity Case
Section IV: Diversity Overview
Chapter 15 The African American Who Was Not Hired: A Diversity Case
Chapter 16 The New Immigrant Who Could Not Pass the State Exam: A Diversity Case
Chapter 17 Summer School for All: A Diversity Case
Chapter 18Program Segregation Woes: A Diversity Case
Chapter 19Does Color Matter: A Diversity Case
Chapter 20 Questioning the Need for Bilingual Classes: A Diversity Case
Section V: Reflections on Democratic Leadership
Chapter 21 Implications for the Leader Educator and Practitioner
Chapter 22 Coda: The Obligation of School Leaders and the Promise of Democracy
References
About the Authors

Lived democracy is a pivotal aspect of school life, and thus it must be also of school leadership, regardless of external pressure for measurable outcomes. In Leading for Democracy, we get a number of very inspiring cases taken from the complex lives of school principals to read and discuss and be better prepared to take on school leadership in the relational work with teachers, students and parents.