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Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools
Shouse, Roger C.; Lin, Kuan-Pei
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Description for Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools
Hardback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
During the past two decades, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has responded to globalization by restructuring school curricular, instructional, and decision making practices along western lines in an attempt to attain legitimacy on the world stage. As a result, Taiwanese principals, once kings within their schools, now must share power with other school stakeholders. In the process, these principals are held responsible for implementing reform measures that tend to damage trust and confidence in the system among local stakeholders because they cut against longstanding social and organizational norms. Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools examines principals' adjustment to their new leadership role, ... Read more
During the past two decades, Taiwan's Ministry of Education has responded to globalization by restructuring school curricular, instructional, and decision making practices along western lines in an attempt to attain legitimacy on the world stage. As a result, Taiwanese principals, once kings within their schools, now must share power with other school stakeholders. In the process, these principals are held responsible for implementing reform measures that tend to damage trust and confidence in the system among local stakeholders because they cut against longstanding social and organizational norms. Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools examines principals' adjustment to their new leadership role, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
140
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442206168
SKU
V9781442206168
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About Shouse, Roger C.; Lin, Kuan-Pei
Roger C. Shouse has been an educator for 35 years. He spent a year as a visiting professor at Taiwan's National Pingtung University of Education and is currently an Associate Professor of Education in the Pennsylvania State University College of Education. Kuan-Pei Lin earned her B.Ed. in Educational Psychology & Counseling at the National Taiwan Normal University, her M.S. in ... Read more
Reviews for Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools
From the preface: The story this book tells is compelling. It features abundant insights into two profoundly distinct cultures (Taiwan and the United States) that, at the same time, are moving in somewhat similar directions in the governance of their educational institutions.
Dan Lortie, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools makes important ... Read more
Dan Lortie, Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Principal Leadership in Taiwan Schools makes important ... Read more