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Davis, Stephen H. – School Administrator, 2006
Superintendents are uniquely positioned to establish workplace condition where on-the-job learning can flourish. Given the myriad duties and responsibilities that consume superintendents' typical workday, it is sometimes difficult for them to devote time and resources necessary to stimulate powerful-on-the-job learning experiences for school…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Transformative Learning, Leaders, Heuristics
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Flumerfelt, Shannon; Ingram, Ilene; Brockberg, Kevin; Smith, Julia – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2007
The advantages of transformative learning approaches in graduate education parallel the tenets of mentoring and lifelong learning. Under this theoretical framework, adult student achievement in leadership programming can be assessed as a developmental and individualized process. The mixed methods study presented here illustrates that it is…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Graduate Students, Academic Achievement, Transformative Learning
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Turk, Randall L.; Wolff, Krista; Waterbury, Christopher; Zumalt, Jon – NASSP Bulletin, 2002
A field study conducted by 8 students and a faculty supervisor of a principal preparation program determined that individual and team reflection resulted in shared learning from team training and ongoing team activities. An industrial concept known as value-chain teams has implications for monitoring student progress from kindergarten through…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Team Training, Principals, Management Development
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Manley, Theodoric, Jr.; Buffa, Avery S.; Dube, Caleb; Reed, Lauren – Education and Urban Society, 2006
Results of the Black Metropolis Model (BMM) of service learning are analyzed and illustrated in this article to explain how to "put the learning in service learning." There are many soup kitchens or nontransforming models of service learning where students are asked to serve needy populations but internalize and learn little about the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Transformative Learning, High School Students, College Students
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Creasap, Sally A.; Peters, April L.; Uline, Cynthia L. – Journal of School Leadership, 2005
An in-depth, 2-year instrumental case study considered the degree to which ongoing reflection, within the context of mentoring relationships and administrative portfolio writing, supported the development of administrative leadership practice within an Administrative Leadership Academy: Entry Year Program. By observing the ways in which entry-year…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Reflection, Mentors
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Young, Michelle; Mountford, Meredith; Skrla, Linda – Journal of Educational Administration, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to consider the impact of incorporating a set of readings focused on issues of gender, diversity, leadership, and feminist thought into the curriculum of a statewide educational leadership doctoral program. Design/methodology/approach: Based data from open-ended surveys, semi-structured interviews, and…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Gender Issues, Student Diversity, Transformational Leadership
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Armstrong, Denise – Values and Ethics in Educational Administration, 2004
To claim that ethics and morality lie at the foundation of effective administrative praxis is neither new nor revolutionary--numerous studies have demonstrated that moral issues are embedded in the weave and texture of schooling and influence administrative choices. This paper explores the challenges, tensions and dilemmas new administrators…
Descriptors: Ethics, Moral Values, Secondary Schools, Assistant Principals
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Drago-Severson, Eleanor; Pinto, Kristina C. – Journal of School Leadership, 2004
This nationwide qualitative study investigated how 25 school leaders, serving in schools with varying resources, perceive the practices they use to support teacher learning. The study discusses how these leaders understand the human resource challenges they face in supporting teacher learning and highlights their creative responses to these…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Principals, Catholic Schools, Private Schools