The Landscape of Leadership Preparation: Reframing the Education of School Administrators

by Joseph F. Murphy, UCEA Staff

In this book, the author offers a new vision of the purpose of leadership preparation programmes, and a series of principles to guide the development of the knowledge base, instructional strategies and structures in defining future programmes. The design presented is based lessons learned from an extensive review of training programmes over the last 100 years; an in-depth investigation into the problems currently plaguing preparation programmes, and an examination of the important changes likely to shape the future of education and educational leadership.

240 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Joseph Murphy is Professor of Education, Endowed Mayborn Chair, Department of Leadership, Policy & Organizations, and is Associate Dean, Special Projects, at Peabody College of Education of Vanderbilt University.
Professor Murphy's focus is on school development, particularly leadership and policy.

See, for his C.V., http://peabody.vanderbilt.edu/docs/pd...