A Novel Idea: Changing the Landscape of Administrator Preparation through Literature and Ethnographies.

Barbour, Joann Danelo

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ERIC Number: EJ524281

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1994

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A Novel Idea: Changing the Landscape of Administrator Preparation through Literature and Ethnographies.

Barbour, Joann Danelo

Journal of School Leadership, v4 n4 p366-81 Jul 1994

Explores the use of ethnographic case studies and cultural novels as a way to observe a group of people in a school setting and then use that knowledge for administrative decision making. The theory and process of incorporating a "novels" project into a course for future school administrators are discussed. (SLD)

Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrators, Case Studies, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences, Culture, Data Analysis, Educational Administration, Educational Environment, Ethnography, Leadership Training, Novels, Observation, Responsibility, Synthesis

Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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