Quandaries of School Leadership Voices from Principals in the Field /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Touchton, Debra J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Rodríguez, Mariela A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Ivory, Gary (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Acker-Hocevar, Michele (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: School management and organization.; School administration.; Administration, Organization and Leadership.
• Physical Description: XI, 248 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319591209
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-59120-9

This book provides insights into the everyday practices of school leaders as told through the real-life stories of principals.  The editors and their contributors blend practice with theory, helping aspiring leaders to discover that school leadership is not simply putting prescribed solutions into action, but a constant encounter with quandaries that demand thinking, responding, and adjusting to the situations at hand. Readers build their capacities to view quandaries from multiple lenses, consider a variety of responses, and draw conclusions based on perspectives that may vary from those initially identified. The chapter authors encourage a sharper self-awareness of what scholars value and envision about education, encouraging them to think about how to navigate decision-making through a variety of theoretical frameworks and practices while balancing their own leadership platform development.