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Leading With Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher

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Availability:In StockContributor:Nancy Fichtman Dana (Editor)Publish date:2009-03-17Pages:240
Language:EnglishPublisher:Corwin PublishersISBN-13:9781412967051ISBN-10:1412967058UPC:9781412967051Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Administration, ResearchSize:9.80 x 6.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC0MP642YX

Become the "head learner" in your school by engaging in action research!

Action research can serve as a critical element in the professional development of principals, administrators, and school leaders. Award-winning author Nancy Fichtman Dana guides leaders in identifying and exploring areas of interest for principal research, including staff development, curriculum development, individual teachers, community/culture building, leadership skills, building management, and school performance. With a step-by-step approach, this resource:

  • Helps principals develop a question, collect and analyze data, and share the results of their inquiry
  • Includes numerous examples of actual principal inquiry
  • Provides exercises to guide principals through their own inquiry projects
Language:EnglishPublisher:Corwin PublishersISBN-13:9781412967051ISBN-10:1412967058UPC:9781412967051Book Category:EducationBook Subcategory:Administration, ResearchSize:9.80 x 6.90 x 0.70 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SC0MP642YX
Nancy Fichtman Dana is currently a professor of education and the director of the Center for School Improvement at the University of Florida. Under her direction, the Center promotes and supports practitioner inquiry (action research) as a core mechanism for school improvement in schools throughout the state. She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, New York, and has worked closely with teachers and administrators on action research, building professional learning communities, and school-university collaborations in Florida and Pennsylvania since 1990. She has authored numerous articles in professional journals focused on teacher inquiry, as well as a best-selling book (with Diane Yendol-Hoppey) on the action research process from Corwin Press--The Reflective Educator′s Guide to Classroom Research.
Publisher: Corwin Publishers

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