This is a response to an article by Carl Glickman entitled “Across the Void: Preparing Thoughtful Educational Leaders for Today's Schools” that appeared in the September 2005 issue of the Journal of School Leadership. In his article, Glickman argues that the preparation of educational leaders must shake the assumptions that are generally held about education and schools, and presents three cases that purportedly do so. We have reservations about the cases Glickman selects to illustrate his arguments and detail our reservations in this response.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BeckerH. J., & RielM. M. (2000). Teacher professional engagement and constructivist-compatible computer use. (Report no. 7). Irvine, CA: Teaching, Learning, and Computing. Retrieved October 25, 2004. from www.crito.uci.edu/tlc/finds/report7/
2.
GlickmanC. (2005). Across the void: Preparing thoughtful educational leaders for today's schools. Journal of School Leadership, 15(5), 492–499.
3.
Loucks-HorsleyS., LoveN., StilesK. E., MundryS., & HewsonP. W. (2003). Designing professional development for teachers of science and mathematics.Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
4.
National Staff Development Council (NSDC). (2001). E-learning for educators: Implementing the standards for staff development.Oxford, OH: Author
5.
NewmannF. M. & associates (1996). Authentic achievement: Restructuring schools for intellectual quality.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
6.
NewmannF. M., BrykA. S., & NagaokaJ. K. (2001). Authentic intellectual work and standardized tests: Conflict or coexistence? Chicago: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
7.
NewmannF. M., SmithB., AllensworthE., & BrykA. S. (2001). School instructional program coherence: Benefits and challenges.Chicago: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
8.
NewmannF. M., & WehlageG. G. (1995). Successful school restructuring: A report to the public and educators.Madison, WI: Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools.
9.
OppenheimerT. (2003). The flickering minds: Saving education from the false promise of technology.New York: Random House.
10.
RoseM. (2004). The mind at work: Valuing the intelligence of the American worker.London: Viking.
11.
RothsteinR. (2004). Class and schools: Using social, economic, and educational reform to close the black-white achievement gap.New York: Teachers College Press.
12.
SmithJ. B., LeeV. E., & NewmannF. M. (2001). Instruction and achievement in Chicago elementary schools.Chicago: Consortium on Chicago School Research.
13.
WaxmanH. C., LinM., & MichkoG. M. (2003). A meta-analysis of the effectiveness of teaching and learning with technology on student outcomes (Gov. contract No. ED-01-CO-001, U. S. Department of Education). Naperville, IL: Learning Point Associates.
