Encourages the use of the mock trial as an activity that instructs students in the methodology of radical advocacy and teaches the mechanisms of power in a democratic society. Defines radical advocacy. Outlines the procedures of a mock trial, discussing fact and witness statements, opening and closing statements, cross-examinations, and courtroom…

Describes the evolution of feminist critical theory from a study of individuals' roles to the study of the interplay between gender relations and the institutional contexts within which they take shape. Surveys the writing of feminist theorists covering institutions, decision-making processes, cultural symbols, and everyday practices. (DK)

Site-based management (SBM) is an increasingly popular approach to school restructuring. SBM aims to transfer authority from state agencies and school districts to committees based at schools. To garner a consensus supporting reform, these committees are to be representative of educational and community members. SBM plans are characterized by: (1)…

This report examines the usefulness of leadership teams in higher education based on study results involving 15 institutions of higher education located throughout the United States. In chapters 1 and 2 the concept of the "leadership team" is introduced by means of: (1) a discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of teamwork; and (2) a…

The study of leadership has faltered partly because the wrong phenomenon has been studied. Whereas the usual definition considers leadership either as a personal property or as a property of position, this paper argues that it is a transient phenomenon residing neither in the person nor the situation and one that can be practiced equally well by…

One approach to the implementation of community education is to solicit involvement and support for the idea from the informal power structure. The first step is to identify the informal power structure; one method is the reputational technique, in which selected members of a variety of organizations each nominate at least five people who have…

Changing student demographics, legislation improving standards and access, and increasing community expectations are creating instability in the nation's education system. Also, public confidence in schools' effectiveness has eroded. This treatise draws on sociology, corporate studies, and effective schools research to understand how education…

Provides a brief introduction to the five articles in this issue, which explore the formal and informal dimensions of effective leadership, along with the personal, institutional, and social factors that shape the acquisition and use of power by the school library media professional. (CLB)

Presents a teaching style that makes students responsible for their learning experience, puts teachers in the role of helper, and alleviates power struggles in the classroom. (MD)

"Transformational Professional Learning" is a periodically published e-newsletter designed to influence what educational leaders think, say, and do to improve teaching and learning by promoting deep understanding of important issues, the transformation of beliefs and assumptions, and a stream of powerful goal-focused actions. There are two…

Suggestions include: reducing tensions, establishing staff requirements early, enhancing the academic establishment, resuscitating lagging departments, beginning a public relations campaign, examining the curriculum, reallocating the budget, strengthening management, supporting imaginative leadership, and providing financing, imagination, and…

Presents an activity in which participants identify organizational situations in which they have tried to influence others and write brief essays discussing the dynamics. Working in pairs they score each other's essays with a form that includes an analysis of the tactics. Provides suggestions for using this design. (Author/RC)

Guidelines are presented for the various levels of the government relations effort, minimum programs, staff responsibilities, and the role of associations. Advice on the politics of transition--as higher education moves to a lower priority in the political process--is also given. (Author/MSE)

Forms of organized authority that eclipse freedom of thought and action exist as a possibility in both public and private schooling. Historical patterns of resistance to public authority through private schooling are examined. Greater attention to democratic versus authoritarian aspects of socialization is much needed in discussions of school…

On college campuses, the diffused authority system makes positive and appropriate response to sexual harassment difficult. Student affairs personnel can assist by identifying and educating influential faculty, organizing universal campus education and prevention programs, encouraging student participation in program creation and administration,…