Leadership for the Emerging Age: Transforming Practice in Adult and Continuing Education

by Jerold W. Apps

Overview

Jerold W. Apps draws on twenty-five years of experience researching and teaching leadership and leadership development to provide adult educators with a blueprint for developing a profoundly different approach to leadership—one that is all-embracing of ideas and people, capitalizes on diversity, and remains open and responsive to change.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787900366
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	10/28/1994
Series:	Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.57(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

JEROLD W. APPS is a writer, educational consultant, and former chair of the Department of Continuing and Vocational Education at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the author of numerous books including Higher Education in a Learning Society (Jossey-Bass, 1988) and Mastering the Teaching of Adults (1991).

Table of Contents

1. Uprooting a Leadership Tradition
2. Changing with the Emerging Age
3. Leadership Then and Now
4. Developing a Personal Philosophy of Leadership
5. Examining Beliefs and Values About Leadership
6. Qualities and Characteristics of the New Leaders
7. Redefining Leadership Expectations and Outcomes
8. Leading in New Ways
9. Developing New Educational Perspectives
10. A Personal Approach to Leadership Development
11. The Transformation Process
12. Leadership for Change in Adult Education