Innovative School Principals and Restructuring: Life History Portraits of Successful Managers of Change (Educational Management Series)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 5
COPYRIGHT......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 8
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 10
The nature of restructuring......Page 14
Explanations for restructuring......Page 16
Justifying restructuring on the grounds of improving teaching and learning......Page 17
THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO RESTRUCTURING IN AUSTRALIA......Page 19
THE CHANGING FOCUS OF RESEARCH ON THE PRINCIPALSHIP......Page 22
EMERGING ISSUES RELATING TO THE PRINCIPALSHIP AND CONTEMPORARY RESTRUCTURING......Page 29
CONCLUSION......Page 31
INTRODUCTION......Page 34
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK......Page 35
The selection of the participants......Page 40
Stage 1......Page 41
Stage 2......Page 44
Stage 3......Page 46
CONCLUSION......Page 48
THE BACKGROUND......Page 50
BRONWYN’S LEADERSHIP STYLE AND HER LIFE HISTORY......Page 53
5 JANET TURNER......Page 64
6 SIMON JEFFREY......Page 84
7 DAVID SMITH......Page 100
DAVID SMITH’S LIFE HISTORY......Page 101
CREATING A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT......Page 104
IMPROVING SCHOOL ETHOS......Page 109
STRUCTURAL CHANGES......Page 112
CURRICULUM ISSUES......Page 115
CONCLUSION......Page 118
THE BACKGROUND......Page 120
Initiatives aimed at reforming planning structures......Page 122
Specific curriculum initiatives......Page 123
Initiatives aimed at strengthening external community links with the school......Page 124
Initiatives aimed at improving the professionalism of the staff......Page 125
THEORETICAL FINDINGS......Page 126
Anne’s life circumstances which have influenced her as an innovator......Page 130
Curriculum, teaching and learning are central to Anne’s thinking on education......Page 131
The relationship between Anne’s life history and her specific initiatives......Page 134
The relationship between Anne’s life history and the way she promotes initiatives......Page 136
9 JASON JOHNS......Page 138
STUDENT-CENTRED LEARNING......Page 139
HIS ENTHUSIASM FOR EDUCATION......Page 141
HIS SPECIFIC ENTHUSIASM FOR SCL......Page 145
WINNING THE CONFIDENCE OF STAFF......Page 148
MAINTAINING THE CHANGE PROCESS......Page 149
10 DISCUSSION OF CASE STUDIES......Page 156
A TYPOLOGY OF INNOVATIVE PRINCIPALS......Page 157
EXPERIENCES AND RESPONSIBILITIES......Page 158
THE BROAD, GENERAL APPROACH IN MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF INNOVATION......Page 161
Vision-driven approaches......Page 163
Goal setting and goal achieving......Page 164
Inclusiveness and collaboration......Page 166
Organizational analysis and re-creation......Page 168
A DIAGRAMMATIC REPRESENTATION OF THE GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY THE INNOVATIVE PRINCIPALS......Page 169
PRINCIPALS’ NOTIONS CONCERNING CHANGE, INNOVATION AND LEARNING......Page 171
CONCLUSION: CONCEPTUALIZING THE INFLUENCES OF LIFE HISTORY......Page 173
11 CONCLUSION AND IMPLICATIONS......Page 176
REFERENCES......Page 184
INDEX......Page 192