Leadership for Learning: An Action Theory of School Change.

Wagner, Tony

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Publication Date: 2001

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Leadership for Learning: An Action Theory of School Change.

Wagner, Tony

Phi Delta Kappan, v82 n5 p378-83 Jan 2001

Common factors contributing to teachers' resistance include risk aversion, craft expertise, and autonomy and isolation. Leaders' problem is to create ownership, not buy-in. Principals cannot make change alone or by edict, but must nurture engagement and commitment and motivate groups to learn and solve problems cooperatively. (MLH)

Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Qualities, Professional Autonomy, Professional Isolation, Resistance to Change, Teacher Motivation, Theory Practice Relationship, Trust (Psychology)

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