Dispositions of Leadership: The Effects on Student Learning and School Culture

Whiteley, Gary/ Domaradski, Lexie/ Costa, Arthur L./ Muller, Patricia

ISBN 10: 1475836260 / ISBN 13: 9781475836264

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, 2017

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198 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dispositions of Leadership: The Effects on Student Learning and School Culture
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475836260
• ISBN 13: 9781475836264
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.34 kilograms

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Synopsis

This book challenges the utility of traditional command-and-control models that are no longer capable of supporting school leaders and describes how an effective educational leader in the Information Age applies dispositional thinking in order to be adaptive, self-aware and responsive to others.

About the Author

Arthur L Costa is an Emeritus Professor of Education, California State University Sacramento. He has served as a teacher, curriculum consultant, assistant superintendent for instruction and Director of Educational Programs for N.A.S.A. A former president of ASCD, he has devoted his career to improving education through self-directed learning and thought-filled curriculum and instruction.