Passionate principalship
Subtitle: learning from the life histories of school leaders
By: edited by Ciaran Sugrue.
Contributors: Sugrue, Ciaran.
Publisher: RoutledgeFalmer
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: School principals -- Europe -- Case studies.; School management and organization -- Europe -- Case studies.; Educational leadership -- Europe -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Critical introduction / Ivor Goodson; title: Putting "real life" into school leadership : connecting identities; title: Leadership and life history / Ciaran Sugrue; title: Sustained motivation embedded in place : living with accountability and mandated change / Colin Biott and John Spindler; title: Old metaphors, new meanings : being a woman principal / Jorunn Møller; title: Memeberships and relationships in a changing context / Lejf Moos; title: Creating continuity through change : comfort with uncertianty / Ciaran Sugrue; title: Coping with accountability - tensions between reason and emotion / Jorunn Møller; title: Regulation and trust : negotiating relationship / Lejf Moos; title: Immediacy and distance : inter-generational professional learning / John Spindler and Colin Biott; title: Being principal : leadership inside out / Ciaran Sugrue; title: Principalship : beyond pleasure, pain and passion / Ciaran Sugrue; title: Appendix 1. The education system in Denmark; title: Appendix 2. The education system in England; title: Appendix 3. The education system in Ireland; title: Appendix 4. The education system in Norway; title: Appendix 5. Profiles of principal participants in Denmark; title: Appendix 6. Profiles of principal participants in England; title: Appendix 7. Profiles of principal participants in Ireland; title: Appendix 8. Profiles of principal participants in Norway.