Educational Leadership Preparation

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
Gaetane Jean-Marie

Part I. Historical Overview, Identity Politics of Educational Leadership, and Online Graduate Education

2. Historical Context of Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership
Anthony H. Normore

3. Clashing Epistemologies: Reflections on Change, Culture, and the Politics of the Professoriate
Christa Boske, Autumn K. Tooms

4. Online Graduate Programs in Educational Leadership Preparation: Pros and Cons
Jeffrey S. Brooks

Part II. Innovative and Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Ed. D.

5. Renewing the Ed.D.: A University K-12 Partnership to Prepare School Leaders
Gaetane Jean-Marie, Curt M. Adams, Gregg Garn

6. Critical Friends: Supporting a Small, Private University Face the Challenges of Crafting an Innovative Scholar-Practitioner Doctorate
Valerie A. Storey, Patrick J. Hartwick

7. An Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership (Ed.D.): Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners in Urban Settings
Anthony H. Normore, Julie Slayton

Part III. Professional Practice of Research for the School Practitioner

8. From Curricular Alignment to the Culminating Project: The Peabody College Ed.D. Capstone
Claire Smrekar, Kristin L. Mcgraner

9. An Ed.D. Program Based on Principles of How Adults Learn Best
Barry G. Sheckley, Morgaen L. Donaldson, Anysia P. Mayer, Richard W. Lemons

10. Examining the Capstone Experience in a Cutting-Edge Ed.D. Program
David D. Marsh, Myron H. Dembo, Karen Symms Gallagher, Kathy H. Stowe

11. Epilogue
Edith A. Rusch

Keywords: Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Higher Education, Structural Geology, Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Administration, Organization and Leadership