Educational Leadership Preparation: Innovation and Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Ed.D. and Graduate Education

253 Pages·2010·1.375 MB·English

by  Gaetane Jean-Marie, Anthony H. Normore (eds.)

Educational Leadership Preparation
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Educational Leadership
Preparation
Innovation and Interdisciplinary
Approaches to the Ed.D. and
Graduate Education
Edited by
Gaetane Jean-Marie
and
Anthony H. Normore
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PREPARATION
Copyright © Gaetane Jean-Marie and Anthony H. Normore, 2010.
Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-62353-8
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Educational leadership preparation : innovation and interdisciplinary
approaches to the Ed. D. and graduate education / edited by Gaetane
Jean-Marie and Anthony H. Normore.
p. cm.
1. School administrators—Training of—United States. 2. Educational
leadership—Study and teaching (Graduate)—United States. 3. School
management and organization—Study and teaching—United States.
I. Jean-Marie, Gaetane. II. Normore, Anthony H.
LB1738.5.E385 2010
371.20071(cid:2)1—dc22 2010012505
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First edition: October 2010
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This book is dedicated in fond memory of our friend and colleague
Dr. Patrick Hartwick and our friends and families of Haiti who lost
their lives in the earthquake in Haiti, January 2010.
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C O N T E N T S
List of Illustrations ix
Foreword
by Bruce G. Barnett xi
Introduction A Leadership Imperative: Crossing Boundaries
in Leadership Preparation Programs 1
Gaetane Jean-Marie
Part I Historical Overview, Identity Politics of
Educational Leadership, and Online Graduate Education
1 Historical Context of Graduate Programs in
Educational Leadership 7
Anthony H. Normore
2 Clashing Epistemologies: Reflections on Change, Culture,
and the Politics of the Professoriate 33
Christa Boske and Autumn K. Tooms
3 Online Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership
Preparation: Pros and Cons 53
Jeffrey S. Brooks
Part II Innovative and
Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Ed.D.
4 Renewing the Ed.D.: A University K-12 Partnership
to Prepare School Leaders 77
Gaetane Jean-Marie, Curt M. Adams, and Gregg Garn
viii Contents
5 Critical Friends: Supporting a Small, Private University
Face the Challenges of Crafting an Innovative
Scholar-Practitioner Doctorate 111
Valerie A. Storey and Patrick J. Hartwick
6 An Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in
Educational Leadership (Ed.D.): Addressing the Needs of
Diverse Learners in Urban Settings 133
Anthony H. Normore and Julie Slayton
Part III Professional Practice of Research
for the School Practitioner
7 From Curricular Alignment to the Culminating Project:
The Peabody College Ed.D. Capstone 155
Claire Smrekar and Kristin L. McGraner
8 An Ed.D. Program Based on Principles of
How Adults Learn Best 173
Barry G. Sheckley, Morgaen L. Donaldson, Anysia P. Mayer,
and Richard W. Lemons
9 Examining the Capstone Experience in a
Cutting-Edge Ed.D. Program 203
David D. Marsh, Myron H. Dembo, Karen Symms Gallagher,
and Kathy H. Stowe
Epilogue 237
Edith A. Rusch
About the Contributors 241
I L L U S T R A T I O N S
Tables
5.1 Members of the CPED 113
5.2 Challenges Identified by Curriculum, Research, and
Evaluation (1999) and Lynn University that Institutions
Face When Designing and Implementing a Doctoral
Program (2009) 118
5.3 Ed.D. Program, Cohort 1, 2009 126
7.1 The Conventional Peabody Ph.D. Dissertation and
Ed.D. Capstone Project Expectations 156
8.1 Brief Description of Courses Offered during Phase 1 184
8.2 Brief Description of Courses Offered during Phase 2 185
8.3 Brief Description of Courses Offered during Phase 3 189
9.1 Three-Year Sequence for Ed.D., by Year and Semester 212
9.2 Student Products in This Alternative Capstone Project 233
Figures
2.1 A Model of Transformative Knowing 46
3.1 Aspects of Online Learning 60
4.1 Executive Ed.D. Theory of Action 84
4.2 District Leadership Inquiry Sequence 85
5.1 Factors Contributing to the Three Developmental Phases:
Initiation, Induction, and Implementation 130
8.1 TRIO Model of Adult Learning 175
8.2 Ed.D. Curriculum as a Sequence of
Integrated Learning Cycles 193