Autocrats, Bureaucrats, and Buffoons: Images of Principals.

Glanz, Jerry

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ERIC Number: EJ573448

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Publication Date: 1998

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Autocrats, Bureaucrats, and Buffoons: Images of Principals.

Glanz, Jerry

School Administrator, v55 n9 p34-36 Oct 1998

A content analysis of over 35 American motion pictures and television sitcoms since the 1950s showed principals most often portrayed as autocrats, bureaucrats, or buffoons. Sometimes, as in the TV movie "Kidz in the Woods," a single show depicts all three characteristics. Promoting instructional leadership and an ethic of caring among principals may help alter such negative views. (MLH)

Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Authoritarianism, Bureaucracy, Characterization, Content Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Films, Humor, Instructional Leadership, Principals, Stereotypes, Television

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Language: English

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