Recently added articles from Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly:

Editorial: on bricolage and the intellectual work of the scholar-practitioner.

Sep 22, 2005; Jenlink, Patrick M. ... Charged with the public responsibility to educate, the scholar-practitioner engages in intellectual work with the purpose, in large part, to create the educative spaces wherein future generations may to learn the knowledge and skills necessary to build a principled and democratic society ....

Principals' inviting leadership behaviors in a time of test-based accountability.

Sep 22, 2005; Egley, Robert J. ... Abstract We queried Florida elementary teachers about how they perceived their principals' professional and personal inviting leadership behaviors during a time when many teachers and principals felt a lot of pressure due to test-based accountability. Despite the pressure, ...

Learning to be an education leader: how a web-based course meets some of the challenges of leadership training and development.

Sep 22, 2005; Danzig, Arnold ... Abstract This article captures how a web-based course, designed as a part of the School Leadership Grant Program, meets some challenges of leadership training and development. The content, structure and discussion board exercises of the sample course are designed to provide more ...

Expanding data analysis skills in educational leaders: implications for preparation programs.

Sep 22, 2005; Polnick, Barbara ... Abstract The National Policy Board of Educational Administration reflects the belief that principals should be taught processes for experimenting and learning from real world data to meet the challenges of the work environment. This study of practicing principals yielded a ...

The faculty-administrator relationship: partners in prospective governance?

Sep 22, 2005; Del Favero, Marietta ... Abstract In this article the authors examine characterizations of faculty-administrator relationships, in particular as related to shared governance. Two primary perspectives guided the study. The first perspective focused on the fragile nature of shared governance, ...

Looking beyond and looking within: discovering literate lives.(literacy courses)

Sep 22, 2005; Pellegrino, Debra A. ... Abstract To examine the differences between a foundations course in literacy versus a traditional methods reading course for preservice teachers, this paper explained the assessment, required readings, and pedagogical approaches for a foundations course in literacy at a small ...

Pre-service teachers write about diversity: a metaphor analysis.

Sep 22, 2005; Brown, Pamela U. ... Abstract This study, set in the teacher education program of a large, Midwestern public university, examines metaphors used by elementary pre-service teachers in writing about diversity and teaching in diverse settings with diverse populations. Using metaphor analysis ...