The Jossey-Bass Reader on Educational Leadership

by Michael Fullan (introduction), Margaret Grogan (Editor)

The newest edition of the bestselling book on educational leadership This expanded and thoroughly updated edition of the popular anthology contains the articles, book excerpts, and seminal reports that define and drive the field of educational leadership today. Filled with critical insights from bestselling authors, education research, and expert practitioners, this comprehensive volume features six primary areas of The Principles of Leadership; Moral and Trustworthy Leadership; Culture and Change; Leadership for Learning; Diversity and Leadership; The Future of Leadership. This important resource includes relevant and up-to-date articles for leaders today on gender, diversity, global perspectives, standards/testing, e-learning/technology, and community organizing.

Genres: Education, Leadership, Grad School, Nonfiction

560 pages, Paperback

First published October 20, 2006

Reviews

[Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for a class; appreciated the range of chapter topics, and the conciseness of each (compared to other, often dense & repetitive, readings on ed leadership).

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some chapters are better than others. 2 and 12 were the best.

[Janessa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Read it because I had to.
It's fine for what it is.

[Shelley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great anthology of the best writers in ed leadership today. Excerpts from Senge, Fullan, Kouzes & Pozner, etc. that gives you just enough to know if you'd like to read more of them. Great foundational book for starting to learn about ed leadership.

[bsolt · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little out of date, being published in 2000; however this primer does provide a good foundation for education leadership at a post-secondary institution. Particular chapters that stood out to me were written Sergiovanni, Wheatly, and Deal.

[David Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

As far as text books for graduate class have gone, this has been by far the most interesting. It's a collection of shorter pieces from educational philosophers, so it's really not that bad.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book with interesting chapters. I read it for school, but am glad that I did.

[Meg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved these readings. They were well chosen, balanced each other, and often were downright funny! I learned much.