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Organizational Behavior in Education: Leadership and School Reform, 10e

Robert G. Owens and Thomas C. Valesky

2011 Pearson Educaton! "nc.

#ll r$hts reser%ed.

Chapter 2

Guiding Concepts of Practice

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o!ard a heor" of Practice

#uccessful educational leaders are con$dent and self-assured.

%pon appoint&ent to an ad&inistrative position, leadersac'uire po!er and cachet.

#tudents of educational leadership &ust internali(eorgani(ational )no!ledge and develop their o!n theor" ofpractice.

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!o Principal #ources ofCon+ict

ne source lies in the dierent !a"s in !hich dierentpeople can and do understand !hat educationalorgani(ations are and ho! the" are est led and

&anaged. he second source lies in the pervasive disagree&ent

a&ong people in our societ" aout the nature ofeducation itself and !hat the goals of schooling shoulde.

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he Great eate raditionalv. Progressive Education

oda" traditional conservative concepts have sei(ed the&o&entu& of the school refor& &ove&ent.

raditional education concepts focus on the pri&ac" ofthe suect &atter, !ith drill, &e&ori(ation, teacherauthorit" and for&al instructional &ethods.

Progressive education concepts focus on the individual,!ith individuali(ed instruction, tea& learning, groupdiscussions, and infor&alit" in the classroo&.

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4eginning of the GreatEducational eate

Progressive education +ourished fro& 1560s to 17/0s. In an era of &assive industriali(ation, corporate

ause of !or)ers aounded and little social support

for the poor e8isted. 9ane Adda&s, !ho founded :ull :ouse in Chicago in

1557, advocated for etter !or)ing conditions.

%pton #inclair in 170; pulished aout poor !or)ingconditions in Chicago stoc)"ards, in The Jungle.

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4eginning of the GreatEducational eaterancis ?a"land Par)er, superintendent of

@uinc" A egan the $rst schools usingprogressivemethods.

9ohn e!e" led the scholarl" &ove&ent for the stud" ofprogressive methods at %niversit" of Chicago fro& 175;to 170/.

ther notales Ed!ard horndi)e, G. #tanle" :all, and?illia& :. Bilpatric).

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4ac)lash of the 1730s

EA and %# Dce of Education supported vocational educationcurriculu& for &aorit" of students !ho !ere not going tocollege that led to &an" nonacade&ic courses.

4ac)lash against progressive education

Arthur E. 4estor

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4ac)lash of the 1730s

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he Conte&porar" eate on#chooling

A. 4artlett Gia&atti, for&er President of ale, descriedtruth as a d"na&ic co&pound of opposites.

#i&ilar to the current literature on %# educationHan

a&alga& of opposites for understanding the state ofschooling.

4egan !ith the 175* Reagan ?hite :ouse report&'ation at Ris". Reported the nu&erous failures of %# education,

ased on no evidence cited in the report.

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he Conte&porar" eate on#chooling

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he Conte&porar" eate on#chooling

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he Paradig& #hift inEducation

?hat co&prises intelligenceL

raditional de$nitions of intelligence.

Reason, prole& solve, co&prehend ideas.

Can e &easured accuratel". Is a unitar" !hole. Is $8ed and unchangeale.

Alfred 4inetHdeveloped !ith heodore #i&on the $rst

intelligence test, 4inet-#i&on scale. In 1703. Intelligence is nor&all" distriuted and can e

'uanti$ed as an I@.

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ultiple Intelligences

heor" he follo!ing individuals paved the !a" for GardnerKs

!or) on ultiple Intelligence

9ean PiagetHlogical processes uild and &ature over

ti&e. 9ero&e 4runerHprofessed a constructivistJ

philosoph" of learning.

aniel Gole&anHused the ter& e&otionalintelligenceJ.

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ultiple Intelligences

heor" :o!ard GarnerKs IHhad a profound i&pact on

teachers and school leaders.

Per)inKs Fearnale Intelligence heor".

Per)inKs #&art #chools Infor&ed

Energetic

houghtful

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E&otional Intelligence

Peter #alove" and 9ohn C. a"er coined the ter&emotional intelligencein 1770.

he" de$ned E&otional Intelligence as the ailit" to

perceive, access, generate, understand e&otions topro&ote e&otional and intellectual gro!th.

aniel Gole&anKs 1773 oo) Emotional (ntelligencerought the ter& to the forefront.

:e tal)s aout t!o &indsJ rational and e&otional.

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#ustainailit" he eateContinues

he &ore !e tr" to change schools, the &ore the" sta"the sa&e.J

o !e need turnaround specialistsJ to i&prove

schoolsL he need for sustainale leadership to aect

organi(ational culture.

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heor" of Action

heor" is s"ste&aticall" organi(ed )no!ledge thoughtto e8plain oserved pheno&ena. heor" generatesresearch !hich helps infor& and perhaps change the

theor" as ne! )no!ledge is created. heor" of ActionHa theor" descries a truth !hich gives

rise to oneKs udg&ent as to ho! the theor" can helpdeal !ith practical prole&s, i.e., a theor# of practice.

E8a&ple odern ?estern &edicine v. :olistic

&edicine. Ph"sicians &ust decide !hich co&petingtheories !ill guide their practice.

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heor" of Action

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heor" of Practice

heor" of practice is a co&posite of theories of actionand gives direction to oneKs professional practice.

A theor" of practice for educational leadership rests on

three pillars A s"ste&atic understanding of the ehavior

of adults at !or) in the school. An understanding of the organi(ational

conte8t in !hich people !or). Feader ehavior.

ou are challenged to re+ect of the theories presentedin this oo) and to consider ho! "ou !ill use theseideas in "our professional practice.

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