Leading For Democracy

At a time when America's schools face many of the most difficult challenges ever, the authors of Leading for Democracy: A Case-Based Approach to Principal Preparation return the reader to an agenda for democratic leadership for schools. Emphasizing the need for leadership preparation programs to reexamine existing and more traditional approaches to principal preparation, this comprehensive book draws to the foreground the need for a case-based approach that reflects the real-world problems and challenges faced by principals in schools today. In particular, Leading for Democracy emphasizes both a case-based pedagogy for principal preparation and the democratic ideals that provide the foundation for democratic schools, bringing into specific relief the work ahead for professors of educational leaders in preparing principals ground in democratic practice. Equally important, Leading for Democracy provides practical insight to the challenges of today's principal, offering a set of pedagogical tools for professors to guide students of leadership in learning and understanding the difficult work required of leading democratically, set against the backdrop of a changing America.
About the Author: Patrick M. Jenlink, EdD, is a professor of doctoral studies in the department of secondary education and educational leadership and the director of the Educational Research Center at Stephen F. Austin State University. He has authored numerous articles, guest edited journals, authored or co-authored numerous chapters in books, and edited or co-edited several books. His most recent books are Dialogue as a Collective Means of Design Conversation, Dewey's Democracy and Education Revisited: Contemporary Discourses for Democratic Education an Leadership, and Equity Issues for Today's Educational Leaders: Meeting the Challenge of Creating Equitable Schools for All. N. Lee Stewart, EdD, was a full-time assistant professor in the department of secondary education and educational leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he taught in the doctoral program and the principal preparation program. He served in the role of administrative academic advisor, principal, and curriculum director in Texas public schools ranging in size from 1A to 5A. His research interests included school climate, bully prevention, school size, advisory programs, and schools within schools. Sandra Stewart, EdD, is currently a full-time assistant professor in the department of secondary education and educational leadership at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she teaches in the principal preparation program. She spent seventeen years in public education as a teacher, administrative assistant, and principal. Her research interests include educational leadership, curriculum and instruction, educational reform, and social justice issues.