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Author(s): Paul A. Wagner; Douglas J. Simpson
ISBN(s): 9781412952156, 1412952158
Edition: Paperback
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Year: 2008
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 1412952158 
ISBN 13: 9781412952156
Author: Paul A Wagner, Douglas J Simpson

Pedagogically rich, demographically inclusive, and culturally sensitive, Ethical Decision Making in School and District Administration exposes educational leaders to an interdisciplinary array of theories from the fields of education, economics, management, and moral philosophy (past and present). Authors Paul A. Wagner and Douglas J. Simpson demonstrate how understanding key concepts can dramatically improve management styles and protocols. Key Features Contains numerous case studies that apply the book′s concepts to relevant ethical issues faced by school administrators Reveals possibilities for thinking outside the box in terms of morally informed and effective leadership strategies aimed at securing organizational commitment and shared vision Presents multiple theories of ethics, demonstrating how they inform decision making and culture building in school districts Incorporates a range of in-text learning aids, including figures that clarify and critique ideas, a complete glossary, and end-of-chapter activities and questions

Ethical Decision Making in School Administration Leadership as Moral Architecture 1st Table of contents:

1 Leaders, Ethics, and Schools: A Search for Clarity
The Inherently Moral Nature of Leadership
Leader as Moral Architect
Moral Architectures Stand Alone
Distinguishing Between the Meta-Ethical and Prescriptive Morality
It’s Not Just Talk: Pointing Out the Do’s and Don’ts of Communal Moral Life
Taking Prescriptive Morality Seriously
From the Great Conversation to Truth and Moral Commitment
Leading the Great Conversation
Professional Ethics
Professional Ethics in Practice: An Example
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDY
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
2 Moral Theory
The Pragmatic Difference Between Scientific and Moral Theory
A Spectrum of Moral Theory
Virtue Theory
Rationality and Moral Realists
The Social Contract
The Many Camps of Universalism
Intuitionism and Social Sympathy
Pragmatism
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDY
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
3 Leadership as Moral Architecture
Sustainable Leadership
Morally Prescriptive Shared Vision in Education
The Four Corners of Educational Purpose
Learning
Developing Attitudes Appropriate for Participation in the Great Conversation
Acquiring Important and Reliable Information
Dispositions
The Challenge of Accommodating All Four Corners of Educational Purposent
The Educational Leader: Leading the Way to Accommodation While Never Losing Sight of Principle
Beyond the Four Corners of Educational Purpose: Schooling Dispositions and Attitudes
Political and Economic Challenges to Doing Good
Sustainable Leadership and Organizational Survival
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITIES
FURTHER READING
4 Taking On the Big Challenge of School and District Administration
Leadership, Management, and Policy
Managers
Bosses
Leadership: Moving Beyond Management
Start With Policy Review, Not People Review
Deming’s Social and Managerial Idealism and Scheffler’s Pragmatism
Getting One’s Ducks in a Row
The Point of Policy: Getting Better All the Time
No Child Left Behind: A Source of Evaluation and Assessment Blunders
Pragmatic Idealism
Making Theory Responsive to Practice
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
5 The Costs and Benefits of Inclusion
Accounting: The Meta-Language of Costs and Benefits
Education for Inclusion
Respect for Persons and the Assault on Inclusion: Bullying, Sexual Harassment, Sex Education, and Religious and Ethnic Tolerance
Conflicts of Duty
Education, Evaluation, and Funding: Putting Money Where It Belongs
What Does It Mean to Assess Education?
Boards, Unions, Politicians, Parents, and Colleagues
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
6 Factors to Consider When Making Judgments About Controversial Issues
Tolerance for Zero Tolerance
Racism and Hate Speech: Fragments of School and District Culture
Providing a Safe Environment: At What Cost?
Participation in the Great Conversation of Humankind
Summary Recommendations
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
7 The Pragmatic Value of Justice for All
The Pragmatics of Justice
Justice: A Linchpin Concept in Modern Theorizing
Justice, Promise, and the Relevant Origins of Enduring Morality
Bootstrapping Principles and Virtues and the Great Conversation
Properly Working Moral Architectures
Making Communities Better Through Better School and District Architectures
Sustaining Moral Architecture in the Face of Challenge
Elevating School and District Moral Architectures
Social Engineering, Schooling, and the Focus of Education
The Pragmatic Value of Justice
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
8 The Role of Law in Moral Evaluation
Law as Public Morality and Surface to Moral Architecture
Jurisprudence, Philosophy, and Practical Studies
The Nature of Law
Moral Courage, Prudence, and the Law
Law, Order, and the Feel of Justice
The Wisdom of the Law: Order and Social Justice
Summary
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
CASE STUDIES
ACTIVITY
FURTHER READING
Appendix A Additional Case Studies in Educational Leadership
Case A.1. Agonizing Over Ecstasy at Cedar Hill School
Daniel Vokey
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.2. Justice and Zero Tolerance
Paul F. Bitting
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.3. A Matter of Integrity
William Hare
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.4. Possibilities at Lone Mountain
Ernestine K. Enomoto and Bruce H. Kramer
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.5. Principal as Buffer at Man Dorr Primary
Kamla Mungal
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.6. Professional Ethics and the Micropolitics of Decentralization: The Dilemma of District Office Middle Managers
Lars G. Björk
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.7. A Professional’s Personal Challenge
JoAnn Franklin Klinker
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.8. Rights of Students Versus Rights of Teachers
John Keedy
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.9. When a Picket Fence Becomes an Offense in Standardized Testing
Elizabeth Campbell
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.10. When the Saints Come Marching in
Sylvia Méndez-Morris
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Case A.11. Defending the Unempowered
Paul A. Wagner and Douglas J. Simpson
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
Appendix B American Association of School Administrators Statement of Ethics for Educational Leaders
Appendix C National Education Association Code of Ethics of the Education Profession
Appendix D National School Boards Association Code of Ethics for School Board Members

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