Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Dedication -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Reference -- Part I Perspectives on Values and Educational Administration -- 1 The Triumph of the Will: An Exploration of Certain Fundamental Problematics in Administrative Philosophy -- The Will to Power -- Grand Assumptions -- Will, Affect and Circumstance -- Malaise -- Recuperation -- The Education of the Will -- Endlogic -- Notes -- References -- 2 Moral Dimensions of Leadership -- The Restructuring Agenda -- A Process of Leadership for Restructuring Schools -- Transactional Leadership -- Transitional Leadership -- Transformational Leadership -- Commentary -- References -- 3 Against Leadership: A Concept Without a Cause -- The Leadership Phenomenon -- Central Theses -- Leadership and Effectiveness: The Current State of Play in Educational Administration Research -- Leadership and Effectiveness: Early Conceptual and Methodological Criticisms -- Leadership and Effectiveness: A Regressive Research Program -- Leadership Naturalized -- References -- 4 Academic and Practitioner Perspectives on Values -- Practitioner Perspectives on Values in Administration -- The Changing Context of School Administration -- Academic Perspectives on Values in Administration -- A Syntax of Values Terminology -- The Arenas of Valuation -- Sources of Values and Value Conflicts -- The Portrayal of Values in Theory and Research -- The Values of Administration -- What the Research Says -- Applying Cognitive Perspectives to Values and Leadership -- Information Processing Theory -- Integrating Cognitive Theory with Values Theory -- Value Conflicts in Administration -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Complexity, Context and Ethical Leadership -- Linguistic Representations of Moral Knowledge -- Codes of Practice.

Moral reasoning -- Non-Linguistic Representations of Knowledge -- Representing Ethical Knowledge -- Ethical Leadership -- References -- Part II Research on Values and Valuation Processes -- 6 Inhibitors to Collaboration -- Values as a Way to Explore Collaboration -- A Multi-perspective Research Design -- Sample -- Procedures for Collecting Data -- Findings -- Overall Perceptions of Team Teaching -- Overall Perceptions of Committee Structure -- Collaborative Values -- Discussion: Inhibitors to Collaborative Value Practice -- elationships ... -- Time Constraints: Inhibited Shared Decision Making and Collegiality -- of Empowerment ... -- Disabling Competition: Inhibited the Development of Trust, Honesty, Mentoring, and Collegiality -- Conflict Avoidance: Inhibited Compatibility, Shared Decision Making, and Honesty and Trust -- Implications -- Negotiation -- Teacher Efficacy -- Leadership -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Value of Language and the Language of Value in a Multi-ethnic School -- Methods -- Language as an Issue at Suburbia -- Language, Power and Value -- Valuing English -- Differentiating Forms of English -- Valuing Language -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 8 Context and Praxis in the Study of School Leadership: A Case of Three? -- First Thoughts -- Appreciating Context -- Regarding Context: A Three-level Approach -- A Situated Portrayal -- Multi-perspective -- Multi-perspective in Action -- A Case of Level 3, Category 1 Research: Three Heads for Rivendell -- Values, Power and the Administrator -- Contextualizing the Case -- Mr Barber -- Mrs Sewell -- Mr Lucas -- Conclusions on a Case -- Final thoughts -- References -- 9 Leadership From a Distance: Institutionalizing Values and Forming Character at Timbertop, 1951-61 -- Introduction -- Methods and Sources -- Timbertop and its Antecedents -- A Very Odd Couple.

'A Sort of Holy Madness'9 -- Testing the Limits -- Misdemeanors -- Tensions -- Substitute Effects and Outcomes -- The Significance of Leadership Couples -- The Importance of Rehearsal -- Leader-follower Reciprocity -- The Need for Space -- Temperament and Disposition -- Couples as Substitutes -- Future Research -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part III Value Praxis and Other Ethical Issues -- 10 The Meaning of Time: Revisiting Values and Educational Administration -- Introduction -- Developing an Awareness of Time -- An Initial Glance at the Values Landscape -- Organizations in Postmodern Society -- The Overwhelming Impact of Change -- Rethinking Time -- Values and Public Education in a Context of Educational Change -- Getting a Handle on the Meaning of Values -- Concluding Comments -- References -- 11 Leadership and Management in Education: Restoring the Balance in Pursuit of a More Just and Equitable Society -- Introduction -- An Overview of the Research on the Social-cultural Context of Education -- Selected Insights into the Research on Leadership and Management -- What are the Challenges for Leaders in Schools? -- What are the Implications for Decision Making in Schools? -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Poietic Leadership -- A Poietic for Leadership -- Poietic Leadership Resources -- Perspective -- Metaphor -- Narrative -- The Fine Arts -- Irony -- Redeeming the Imagination in Educational Leadership -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 13 Values, Leadership and School Renewal -- The Nature of Values -- Human Well-being is the Central Concern of Value Inquiry -- We Must Not Make Absolutes out of MEANS to Well-being -- We Must Recognize the Great Complexity of Values -- Value Inquiry Must be Democratic -- Values and School Renewal -- The School Curriculum must be Explicitly Linked to Well-being.

The School and Classroom Must Embody a Way of Life Characterized by Well-being -- The Approach to Values in School Must be Democratic -- Values and Leadership in Education -- Notes -- References -- 14 The Future of Public Education -- Three Value Positions -- The Egalitarian View -- The Libertarian View -- The Communitarian View -- Relations Between Clusters -- Implications for Future Schools -- Charter Schools -- Education and Work -- Technology -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15 Future Directions for the Study of Values and Educational Leadership -- Contextual Considerations -- Multiple Realities and Common Ground -- Holistic Leadership -- Future Directions -- References -- Notes on Contributors -- Index.