Handbook of Research on the Education of School Leaders (2^nd Ed.)

The Handbook of Research on the Education of School Leaders brings together empirical research on leadership preparation and development to provide a comprehensive overview and synthesis of what we know about preparing school leaders today. With contributions from the field?s foremost scholars, this new edition investigates the methodological foundations of leadership preparation research, reviews the pedagogical and curricular features of preparation programs, and presents valuable insights into the demographic, economic, and political factors affecting school leaders. This volume both mirrors the first edition?s macro-level approach to leadership preparation and presents the most up-to-date research in the field. Updates to this edition cover recent state and federal government efforts to improve leadership in education, new challenges for the field, and significant gaps and critical questions for framing, researching, evaluating, and improving the education of school leaders. Sponsored by the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA), this handbook is an essential resource for students and scholars of educational leadership, as well as practitioners, policymakers, and other educators interested in professional leadership.

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Table of Contents

Foreword

James Cibulka

Preface

Michelle D. Young and Gary G. Crow

Acknowledgements

INTRODUCTION

Chapter 1. Introduction

Michelle D. Young & Gary M. Crow

Section 1: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, AND GLOBAL INFLUENCES

Chapter 2. Historical Trends and Patterns in the Scholarship on Leadership Preparation

Casey D. Cobb, Jennie Weiner, & Richard Gonzales

Chapter 3. The Political and Economic Contexts of Educational Leadership Preparation

Bradley W. Carpenter, Samantha M. Paredes Scribner, & Janie Lindle

Chapter 4. Global Trends and Issues in the Development of Educational Leaders

Haiyan Qian, Allan Walker, & Darren A. Bryant

Section 2: PROGRAM FEATURES

Chapter 5. The Recruitment, Selection and Placement of Educational Leadership Students

Ed Fuller, Anne O’Doherty, & Amy Reynolds

Chapter 6. What We Know About Those Who Prepare Educational Leaders

Martha M. McCarthy, Donald G. Hackmann, & Joel R. Malin

Chapter 7. Reconceptualizing Curriculum in Leadership Preparation

Rose M. Ylimaki & James G. Henderson

Chapter 8. Facilitating Learning in Leadership Preparation: Limited Research but Promising Practices

Mónica Byrne-Jiménez, Mark Gooden, & Pamela Tucker

Chapter 9. Leadership for Technology Use, Integration, and Innovation: A Review of the Empirical Research and Implications for Leadership Preparation

Sarah Dexter, Jayson W. Richardson, & John B. Nash

Chapter10. Clinical Practice in Educational Leadership

Daniel Reyes Guerra & Bruce Barnett

Chapter 11. Developing the Leadership Pipeline: Comprehensive Leadership Development

Susan Korach & Shelby Cosner

Section 3: EVALUATION

Chapter 12. The Evaluation of Educational Leadership Preparation Programs

Yongmei Ni, Liz Hollingworth, Andrea Rorrer, & Diana Pounder

CONCLUSION

Chapter 13. A Changing Landscape? Islands of Research Versus Continents of Inquiry

Gary M. Crow & Michelle D. Young

Contributors

Index

Michelle D. Young is the Executive Director of the University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) and Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of Virginia, USA.

Gary M. Crow is Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Executive Associate Dean of the School of Education at Indiana University, USA.