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50 Years of ERIC
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Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 2013
The leadership-for-learning project described in this article is supported by a grant from the Wallace Foundation and implemented through a partnership of faculty in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and faculty at two other universities in the state, the Department of Public…
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Urban Schools, High Schools, Principals
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Scribner, Jay Paredes; Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 1997
Describes an instructional innovation using field-based action research to enhance program quality and improve administrator preparation. Describes the learning experiences of graduate students enrolled in a supervision of instruction class while participating in a collaborative school/university project. Action research is a demanding strategy…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Education, Case Studies, College School Cooperation
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Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 1996
Presents findings of a survey examining superintendents' work in curriculum development and instructional leadership. Respondents described their curriculum-development role as primarily grounded in facilitation, support, and delegation of work to others. Superintendents performed four major instructional leadership roles as visionaries,…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership
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Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 1991
Based on the thesis that individual learning and growth are based on actual life experiences, proposes a model in preparation programs for school administrators. Discusses how the inclusion of personal experience helps to bridge a critical gap between professors of school administration and practicing administrators. (13 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Education, College Faculty, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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Pierson, Patricia R.; Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 1993
Recounts naturalistic investigation examining five male elementary school principals' use of humor in their daily interactions with teachers. Humor seemed to enhance principals' messages to teachers and was used primarily to create and improve school climate, to communicate principals' understanding of teaching demands, to break down the rigidity…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Education, Humor, Interpersonal Competence
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Hipp, Kristine A.; Bredeson, Paul V. – Journal of School Leadership, 1995
Findings from an exploratory study asking 10 principals and 280 teachers about connections between principals' leadership behaviors and teachers' sense of efficacy in middle schools involved in change indicate that there is a significant difference between general teaching efficacy and personal teaching efficacy. Principal behaviors related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership