Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly articles

Recent articles from Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly

Editorial: on bricolage and the intellectual work of the scholar-practitioner.
September 22, 2005... Charged with the public responsibility to educate, the scholar-practitioner engages in intellectual work with the purpose, in large part, to create the educative spaces wherein future generations may to learn the knowledge and skills necessary...

Principals' inviting leadership behaviors in a time of test-based accountability.
September 22, 2005... Abstract We queried Florida elementary teachers about how they perceived their principals' professional and personal inviting leadership behaviors during a time when many teachers and principals felt a lot of pressure due to test-based...

Learning to be an education leader: how a web-based course meets some of the challenges of leadership training and development.
September 22, 2005... Abstract This article captures how a web-based course, designed as a part of the School Leadership Grant Program, meets some challenges of leadership training and development. The content, structure and discussion board exercises of the...

Expanding data analysis skills in educational leaders: implications for preparation programs.
September 22, 2005... Abstract The National Policy Board of Educational Administration reflects the belief that principals should be taught processes for experimenting and learning from real world data to meet the challenges of the work environment. This study...

The faculty-administrator relationship: partners in prospective governance?
September 22, 2005... Abstract In this article the authors examine characterizations of faculty-administrator relationships, in particular as related to shared governance. Two primary perspectives guided the study. The first perspective focused on the fragile...

Looking beyond and looking within: discovering literate lives.(literacy courses)
September 22, 2005... Abstract To examine the differences between a foundations course in literacy versus a traditional methods reading course for preservice teachers, this paper explained the assessment, required readings, and pedagogical approaches for a...

Pre-service teachers write about diversity: a metaphor analysis.
September 22, 2005... Abstract This study, set in the teacher education program of a large, Midwestern public university, examines metaphors used by elementary pre-service teachers in writing about diversity and teaching in diverse settings with diverse...