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The apples gather for a ceremonious party, Rosie is ready to be
picked from the tree and united with her loving parents, Mr and Mrs
Russet. But amongst the guests are Bad Apples who send the party
into disarray, then the dastardly Pieman arrives looking for fresh
apples and the hunt is on.
`For those who want to wallow in the past - this is a comfortable
book that sets one's own experiences in context. For those who will
still be working into the next century, here are the issues we must
face as leaders. For those PhD and EdD students seeking topics to
research, there are all the controversial issues here that still
need investigation and it has a stunning list of references - a
roll call of all the great and the good in the last 25 years of
educational administration' - International Studies in Educational
Administration The book is a challenge to everyone concerned with
the present and future state of public education in the UK and the
rest of the developed world.The issues are of special concern to
those who are expected to provide leadership in schools and
colleges and for those with public and political responsibilities.
How should our conception of learning and its contribution to a
Learning Society be defined? How can education and other aspects of
social care and nurturing enhance our lives as people, irrespective
of our `performance' capabilities? What is the role of teachers who
also `manage' learning? This book contributes formatively to
current debate. What can educationists do about the `discontinuous
changes ` which threaten parents and professionals alike? Must
education submit to the `stranglehold of economic rationalism'? It
is hoped that this book will assist all those working to promote
education's humane and learning aspirations in society.
`For those who want to wallow in the past - this is a comfortable
book that sets one's own experiences in context. For those who will
still be working into the next century, here are the issues we must
face as leaders. For those PhD and EdD students seeking topics to
research, there are all the controversial issues here that still
need investigation and it has a stunning list of references - a
roll call of all the great and the good in the last 25 years of
educational administration' - International Studies in Educational
Administration The book is a challenge to everyone concerned with
the present and future state of public education in the UK and the
rest of the developed world.The issues are of special concern to
those who are expected to provide leadership in schools and
colleges and for those with public and political responsibilities.
How should our conception of learning and its contribution to a
Learning Society be defined? How can education and other aspects of
social care and nurturing enhance our lives as people, irrespective
of our `performance' capabilities? What is the role of teachers who
also `manage' learning? This book contributes formatively to
current debate. What can educationists do about the `discontinuous
changes ` which threaten parents and professionals alike? Must
education submit to the `stranglehold of economic rationalism'? It
is hoped that this book will assist all those working to promote
education's humane and learning aspirations in society.
`Every now and then amidst the gloom, however, a genuinely
scholarly article or monograph bobs up which renews one's sense of
hope and restores one's faith in the academic enterprise. Valerie
Hall's Dancing on the Ceiling is a case in point. I read it,
enjoyed it and found it genuinely uplifting .... And the notion of
formation is what makes this book so important, for Valerie Hall
was not only keen to document what it meant to be an educational
leader from the perspectives of these six women, but how it was
that each of them became school heads.... Her book is one of the
rare examples in which I have seen such a penetrating level of
leadership character analysis attempted, let alone crafted as well
as Hall succeeds in doing. In this respect Dancing on the Ceiling
is a benchmark study. Any aspiring leader, male or female, should
find the frankness and the extent of personal detail in the account
extremely helpful in coming to terms with any inner doubts and
uncertainties of their own as they begin their leadership
journeys....In essence then, Hall has enlightened us about a small
group of female high-flyers and what it means to lead the dance, by
`enacting strong leadership within a collaborative framework'. For
her to incorporate the image of dancing women in her title was a
stroke of genius' - Educational Management & Administration `I
recommend it to research students in order to introduce them to
this particular body of knowledge, partly because of the
comprehensive references, and partly because it is so well
written...A book that so demands to be read' - Management and
Education The book is about leadership and gender. It draws on the
author's experience as a teacher and management development
consultant in education, as well as her research into gender issues
over a number of years. It will be of interest to women and men in
education, as well as making a theoretical contribution to the
debate about educational leadership.
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