Synopses & Reviews
A compelling new look at the role that teachers must play in the future of schooling. Explains: * Why teachers must take the lead in creating a new context for teaching and learning * How constructivist leaders make meaning of learning * What an ecological perspective will do to initiate and sustain learning communities in schools * How the parallel roles of leadership with adults and leadership with children emerge in the role of a teacher leader * The commitments, knowledge, and skills that are essential for teachers as leaders For everyone with a stake in the future of our educational system.
Synopsis
A constructivist leader facilitates professional dialogue and inquiry to enable all teachers to make sense of their work together and to reconstruct the major purposes of schooling. Illustrating their work with vignettes of the activities of such leaders, the authors of this book create a clear picture of constructivist teaching and leadership. They also formulate strategies for altering the school culture to accommodate constructivist leadership.
Synopsis
Illustrating their work with vignettes of the activities of such leaders, the authors of this book create a clear picture of constructivist teaching and leadership.