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Eleanor Drago-Severson - Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development in Our Schools - 9781412950725 - V9781412950725
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Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development in Our Schools

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Description for Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development in Our Schools Paperback. This learning-oriented model of school leadership details four Pillar Practices for helping adults grow throughout their careers: teaming, providing leadership roles, collegial inquiry, and mentoring. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 756.

"Eleanor Drago-Severson takes hold of an important and neglected truth: students grow best in schools where the adults around them are growing, too. In this nurturing and much-anticipated work, the author shows us exactly how to make this happen. Sound theory, vivid examples, and, best of all, a practice-ready framework—it′s all here! Anyone who cares about making our schools better will feel richly rewarded for spending time with this encouraging book."
—Robert Kegan, Meehan Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development
Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Coauthor of Immunity to Change

"With this comprehensive and compelling book, Eleanor Drago-Severson ... Read more—Howard Gardner, Author of Leading Minds

Support the growth and development of all adults—teachers, principals, and superintendents—in your school community!

Educators at every level go through different stages of development over the course of their lives and need different kinds of supports and challenges to grow. Leading Adult Learning introduces a model of adult development that helps school and district leaders consciously cultivate teacher, principal, and superintendent capacities in the educational workplace.

Eleanor Drago-Severson′s developmental model of learning-oriented school leadership draws from multiple knowledge domains, including adult learning, developmental theory, leadership practice, and organizational collaboration. The book shows school leaders how to foster growth and learning for individuals with different needs and developmental orientations. With a focus on research and application, this volume:

  • Details four Pillar Practices for growth—teaming, providing leadership roles, collegial inquiry, and mentoring—which can support all adults
  • Presents extensive research and practical application from principals, teachers, superintendents, and other school leaders from across the nation
  • Includes application exercises, reflective questions, and lessons from the field to assist you in applying this learning-oriented model to your school and school system

Drago-Severson makes a compelling case for deliberately supporting adult development within and across school systems to enhance adults′ capacities, school improvement, and student achievement.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
SAGE Publications Inc United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN
9781412950725
SKU
V9781412950725
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2

About Eleanor Drago-Severson
Ellie Drago-Severson is Professor of Education Leadership and Adult Learning and Leadership at Teachers College, Columbia University.  A developmental psychologist, Ellie teaches, conducts research, and serves as a consultant to school and district leaders, systems leaders, and teacher leaders in public, charter and private schools and systems—on professional and personal growth and learning; leadership that supports principal, teacher, school, and ... Read more

Reviews for Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development in Our Schools
“With this comprehensive and compelling book, Eleanor Drago-Severson establishes herself as a leading expert on authoritative leadership in education.”
Howard Gardner, Author of Leading Minds "As complete a primer for leading adult learning as can be found in print today. Each chapter includes cases and lessons from the field and reflective questions. Eleanor Drago-Severson combines research and practice to ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Leading Adult Learning: Supporting Adult Development in Our Schools


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