Learning from Practice:A Professional Development Text for Legal Externs / Edition 2

by J. P. Ogilvy, Lisa G. Lerman, Leah Wortham

Overview

The new edition of this popular textbook for externship seminars has been revised and updated. It now includes several additional chapters written by contributing authors new to this edition, including a chapter on judicial externships, expanded material on ethical issues in externships, a chapter on creative problem solving, and a chapter on learning practical judgment. Chapters are designed for convenient use in a single class session, and the book offers a menu of topics among which teachers can choose to match the objectives for their particular externship course.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780314152848
Publisher:	West Academic
Publication date:	10/28/2007
Series:	American Casebook Series
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	494
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

ROBERT EVANS is a clinical and organizational psychologist and director of the Human Relations Service in Wellesley, Mass. A former high school and preschool teacher, he has consulted to hundreds of schools and districts throughout America and around the world and has worked extensively with teachers, administrators, school boards, and state education officials.

Table of Contents

THE NATURE OF CHANGE.
Changing Paradigms.
The Meanings of Change.
The Culture of Resistance.
DIMENSIONS OF CHANGE.
Implementation: Tasks of Transition.
Substance: New Agendas, Old Problems.
Staff: Understanding Reluctant Faculty.
Setting: Assessing Organizational Capacity.
Leadership: Old Paradoxes, New Promise.
LEADING INNOVATION.
The Authentic Leader.
Clarity and Focus: The Power of Concentration.
Participation -- Without Paralysis.
Recognition: Reversing the Golden Rule.
Confrontation: Avoiding Avoidance.
Reach and Realism, Experience and Hope.

Editorial Reviews

Provides practical advice on problem-solving, communication, and staff motivation, arguing for more realistic expectations about the pace of reform and the performance of leaders, and pinpointing the key sources of resistance to school reform while suggesting a new model of leadership that builds cooperation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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