Solving Real-Life Problems of Practice and Education Leaders' School Improvement Mind-Set.
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| Title: | Solving Real-Life Problems of Practice and Education Leaders' School Improvement Mind-Set. |
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| Authors: | Mintrop, Rick1, Zumpe, Elizabeth1 |
| Source: | American Journal of Education. May2019, Vol. 125 Issue 3, p295-344. 50p. 1 Color Photograph, 4 Charts. |
| Subject Terms: | *Problem solving, *Educational leadership, *School administrators, *Learning, Organization management, Heuristic |
| Abstract: | When educational leaders think about how to solve problems, we expect them to identify a problem, think about causes and a theory of action, implement changes, and reflect on effects. This straightforward sequence is actually quite challenging. Through writings and interviews collected over 2 years within a doctor of education program, this study examines leaders' problem solving in real-life organizational improvement projects. From data on nine cohort members' thinking, the study distills a set of heuristics frequently deployed: defining problems as the absence of preferred solutions, conceiving of change as filling an empty vessel, understanding learning as implementing, aiming at conventions, and seeing "rationality" in adopting "what works." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Abstract: | When educational leaders think about how to solve problems, we expect them to identify a problem, think about causes and a theory of action, implement changes, and reflect on effects. This straightforward sequence is actually quite challenging. Through writings and interviews collected over 2 years within a doctor of education program, this study examines leaders' problem solving in real-life organizational improvement projects. From data on nine cohort members' thinking, the study distills a set of heuristics frequently deployed: defining problems as the absence of preferred solutions, conceiving of change as filling an empty vessel, understanding learning as implementing, aiming at conventions, and seeing "rationality" in adopting "what works." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 01956744 |
| DOI: | 10.1086/702733 |
