The Principalship: A Reflective Practice Perspective

by Thomas J. Sergiovanni

/*0205457231,Sergiovanni, The Principalship 5e*/ The Principalship focuses on how school leadership is based on reflective practice and moral authority. This book continues to emphasize school culture, standards, building community, and providing a moral basis for leadership as a means of navigating through contextual issues and constraints that principals routinely face. This edition aims to inform future principals about the decisions they will make about their practice and how those decisions will affect students and teachers. Extensively updated with new emphasis given to diversity as a part of community building, school character as an important ingredient in school effectiveness, new definitions of school effectiveness, and a new view of the process of change. The book's trademark emphasis on reflective practice is maintained and opportunities for reflection are provided throughout the book. The link between organizational character and school effectiveness is explored and emphasis is given to how organizational character can be established and maintained.

Genres: Education

384 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1990

About the author

Thomas Sergiovanni was Lillian Radford Professor of Education at Trinity University (San Antonio, Texas).

Reviews

[Jeni Enjaian · Rating 4 out of 5]

As is usual, I have difficulty reviewing textbooks, especially textbooks that my teacher assigns but never really actually teaches from. (Technically he had us look at certain pages and we also each will use one of the case studies at the end of each chapter but still.)
I can say, at most, that this book delves into the actuality of the education world without keeping its head in the class. However, for a book about the principalship, Sergiovanni spends a lot of time talking about the teaching profession rather than the principalship. Yes, they both are related but...

[Mar · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 Yes, it is a textbook and quite heady, but I appreciated the effort to give implementation scenarios at the end of each chapter. Reading this text has helped me better understand (to some degree anyway) what I think my administration is trying to do.

[Shannon Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

I used this textbook for a
Graduate level course.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

This books began to define what I knew to be true about leadership in schools. It translates to the coporate world as well. I live by Sergiovanni's philosophy of leadership.

[Mary Alise Herrera · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's a textbook, enough said.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Informative, but dense. Needs stories and real life examples.

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contrasted to Whitaker's text, you get something here that is informational but not all that insightful or practical.

[Noeruluzumakii]

i cant read it,, why?