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Shaping school culture : pitfalls, paradoxes, and promises / Terrence E. Deal, Kent D. Peterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Deal, Terrence E.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Educational leadership.
- School environment.
- Educational change.
- Educational leadership--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 278 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2009]
- Summary:
- In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of their classic book, Shaping School Culture, Terrence Deal and Kent Peterson address the latest thinking on organizational culture and change and offer new ideas and strategies on how stories, rituals, traditions, and other cultural practices can be used to create positive, caring, and purposeful schools. This new edition gives expanded attention to the important symbolic roles of school leaders, including practical suggestions on how leaders can balance cultural goals and values against accountability demands, and features new and powerful case examples throughout. Most important, the authors show how school leaders can transform negative and toxic cultures so that trust, commitment, and sense of unity can prevail.
- Contents:
- Schools as tribes: the power to transform
- Artifacts, architecture, and routines: symbols of culture
- History: the value of lore and tradition
- Myth, vision, and values: discovering a school's highest calling
- Stories and tales: passing along the vision
- Rituals: embedding purpose and meaning
- Ceremonies and traditions: culture in action
- Conveyers of culture: positive and negative transmitters
- Weaving the cultural tapestry: seven schools
- Transforming toxic cultures: renewal strategies
- Building trust: connecting to parents and communities
- Strengthening culture: eight essential roles
- Living with paradox: the bifocal principal
- Achieving balance: meeting cultural and structural demands
- Conclusion: opportunities for the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 254-265) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780787996796
- 0787996793
- OCLC:
- 277068918
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