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Obtaining Validation from Graduates on a Restructured Principal Preparation Program
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Ballenger, Julia; Alford, Betty; McCune, Sandra; McCune, Donice – Journal of School Leadership, 2009
Colleges of education have come under scrutiny in their preparation of principals. Even professors of education have joined in the criticism characterizing these programs as bankrupt, fragmented, and going down a road to nowhere (Norton, 2002). This article is part of a collaborative research effort of the University Council for Educational…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Leadership Training, Comparative Analysis, Leadership
Participating in a Collaborative Action Learning Set (CAL): Beginning the Journey
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McCormack, Brendan; Henderson, Elizabeth; Boomer, Christine; Collin, Ita; Robinson, David – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2008
Action learning is being increasingly utilised as a strategy to underpin practitioner focused development and research projects in healthcare generally and nursing in particular. Whilst facilitators of and participants in action learning have a variety of resource materials to guide their practice and participation, there continue to be few…
Descriptors: Nurses, Learning Strategies, Experiential Learning, Nursing Education
Balancing Trust and Technocracy? Leadership Training in Higher Education
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Aasen, Petter; Stensaker, Bjorn – International Journal of Educational Management, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to analyse how participants in leadership training programs in higher education value and perceive their training process. Design/methodology/approach: A stylized theoretical model is developed indicating that leadership training may be designed along a collegial-managerial continuum. To study how…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Leadership Training, Questionnaires, Program Evaluation
A Unique Learning Experience: Practical Workshops in Educational Leadership.
Gillen, Marie – 1982
Since 1976, the Atlantic Institute of Education in Nova Scotia has conducted a series of workshops to help school administrators and school board members to develop their practical leadership skills. The services provided by the workshop program include needs assessment, inservice workshops, information services, dissemination of materials, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Boards of Education, Inservice Education
Implications for In-Service Education of the Urban/Rural School Development Program Experience.
Mesa, Pete – 1975
Community demands for more control of the schools and a teacher over-supply had great impact on the planners of the Urban/Rural School Development Program. Into its 5th year of operation, the program offers the only national experience for developing national strategies for inservice education. Distinguishing the program from other Federal…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Decision Making, Educational Needs, Inservice Teacher Education
American Indian Issues in Higher Education. Contemporary American Indian Issues Series, No. 3.
California Univ., Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center. – 1981
A collection of 17 articles on American Indian issues in higher education contains Russell Thornton's introduction, "American Indian Studies as an Academic Discipline: A Revisit," plus five major sections. "Purpose of American Indian Studies" covers relevancy of Indian Studies in higher education (Duchene); an alternative model…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Administrator Education, Alcoholism, American Indian Education