I was midway through my master's degree in educational administration when the district I was employed with began an initiative to get all stakeholders on the proverbial "same page." Campuses across the district gathered at their respective locations to view, via connected satellite television, the
A response to LDR 2 LDR: Theory and practice working together
โ Scribed by Genise Henry
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 58 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1935-2611
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โฆ Synopsis
Abstract
An act of leadership is always an act of practical theory. We lead because we hold visions of the world as it ought to be, because of the not yet, because of the potential that we see in ideas and people. Yet, there still exists a perceived binary between leadership theory (in the strong sense) and leadership practice, a binary that divides organizations, classrooms, and the differing bodies of leadership literature. In this Symposium, Duncan Waite and his colleagues discuss the barriers they have faced in bringing theory to the educational leadership classroom, as well as the promise they feel theory holds for more productive, equitable, and humane schooling organizations.
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