Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ603276
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2000
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Why "Particularly Good" Principals Don't Quit.
Boris-Schacter, Sheryl; Merrifield, Susan
Journal of School Leadership, v10 n1 p84-98 Jan 2000
Discusses findings from interviews with 19 committed principals and places them within the context of new research on principals as lifelong learners who publicly model intellectual curiosity. Conditions for continuous learning exemplified by these principals comprise three categories: professional identity, influence of the liberal arts, and personal identity. (MLH)
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Adult Learning, Curiosity, Elementary Secondary Education, Influences, Intellectual Development, Interviews, Liberal Arts, Lifelong Learning, Management Development, Modeling (Psychology), Occupational Mobility, Persistence, Personality Traits, Principals, Work Environment
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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