Educational Leadership Preparation

Foreword; B.G.Barnett Introduction: A Leadership Imperative: Crossing Boundaries in Leadership Preparation Programs; G.Jean-Marie PART I: HISTORIAL OVERVIEW, IDENTITY POLITICS OF EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP, AND ONLINE GRADUATE EDUCATION Historical Context of Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership; A.H.Normore Clashing Epistemologies: Reflection on Change, Culture and the Politics of the Professoriate; C.Boske  & A.Tooms Online Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership Preparation: Pros and Cons; J.S.Brooks PART II: INNOVATIVE AND INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO THE ED.D. Renewing the Ed.D.: A University K-12 Partnership to Prepare School Leaders; G.Jean-Marie, C.Adams  & G.Garn Critical Friends: Supporting a Small, Private University Face the Challenges of Crafting an Innovative Scholar-practitioner Doctorate; V.Storey  & P.Hartwick An Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.): Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners in Urban Settings; A.H.Normore  & J.Slayton PART III: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF RESEARCH FOR THE SCHOLAR PRACTITIONER From Curricular Alignment to the Culminating Project: The Peabody College Ed.D. Capstone; C.Smrekar  & K.McGraner An Ed.D. Program Based on Principles of How Adults Learn Best; B.G.Sheckley, M.L.Donaldson, A.P.Mayer  & R.W.Lemons Examining the Capstone Experience in a Cutting Edge Ed.D. Program; D.D.Marsh, M.Dembo, K.S.Gallagher  & K.Stowe Epilogue; E.Rusch