Passionate principalship learning from the life histories of school leaders /
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Critical introduction / Ivor Goodson -- Putting 'real life' into school leadership : connecting leadership, identities, and life history / Ciaran Sugrue -- Sustained motivation embedded in place : living with accountability and mandated change / Colin Biott and John Spindler -- Old metaphors, new meanings : being a woman principal / Jorunn Møller -- Memeberships and relationships in a changing context / Lejf Moos -- Creating continuity through change : comfort with uncertianty / Ciaran Sugrue -- Coping with accountability : tensions between reason and emotion / Jorunn Møller -- Regulation and trust : negotiating relationship / Lejf Moos -- Immediacy and distance : inter-generational professional learning / John Spindler and Colin Biott -- Being principal : leadership inside out / Ciaran Sugrue -- Principalship : beyond pleasure, pain and passion / Ciaran Sugrue -- Appendices.
9780415318860 9780203005910 (electronic bk.)
School principals--Europe--Case studies.
School management and organization--Europe--Case studies.
Educational leadership--Europe--Case studies.
LB2831.926.E8 / P37 2005