Educational Leadership, Pearson New International Edition, 5th edition

Educational Leadership: A Bridge to Improved Practice describes how successful and effective schools and administrators operate in an increasingly challenging, fast-paced, demanding, and at times revolutionary environment. Readers are offered an integrated view of the knowledge base, research, and practice of administration within a context of multiple perspectives and a wide range of thinking.

• Provides the most comprehensive coverage and balance of the essentials of educational leadership theory, research, and practice on the market today.
• Cutting edge and passionate information about the critical issues facing educational leaders.
• Offers interesting and stimulating examples, brief essays from noted scholars, internet sites, contemporary topics, application of learning, and much more to stimulate student interest and passion for the subject.
• Uses instruments, exercises, problem-based learning to challenge the readers thinking regarding the content of the text and to provide lots of opportunities to give customized assignments.
• Is thoroughly imbedded in the real context in which educational leaders practice.
• Provides students with lots of opportunities for reflection, skill development and improvement, and connecting theory-to-practice.

• A Problem-Based Learning Project at the end of each section, offering opportunities for applied practice and further understanding
• New Chapter, Technology and Learning, studies the growth of technologies in schools and what that means for aspiring school leaders.
• All new Expert Opinions from influential and award-winning educational scholars, including Kathleen Binkowski, Chris Devers, and Ian Martin.