{"product_id":"learning-to-read-critically-in-mike-wallace-9780761947950","title":"Learning to Read Critically in Educational Leadership and Management","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn Learning to Read Critically in Educational Leadership and Management\u003c\/b\u003e, Mike Wallace and Louise Poulson provide students with an eminently usable text. Although the theoretical underpinnings and conceptualizations of leadership issues invariably differ, this book provides a lucid guide to plumbing their ambiguities′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEducational Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This is a book that should be regarded as essential reading for those students following courses in education and social policy, particularly as masters level ′- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Journal of Educational Management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e I bought this book just a few days ago and I was surprised to realise the simple and yet scientific way it is written! I have started my postgraduate studies in Educational Management and this book will definitely make things easier! I would like to cordially thank Professor Wallace and Mrs Louise Poulson for this book which will help the majority of the students who enter the \"labyrinth\" of postgraduate research and surely need a kind of instruction manual to start! ′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmazon Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e One of the most useful books that I have come across for my students′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProfessor Les Bell, Director of Doctorate of Education, University of Leicester \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Very impressed with the first chapter. Have recommended it to our research department for use with our graduate students. Thorough and practical′ - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhilip Hallinger, Executive Director of the College of Management, Mahidol University, Thailand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis unique book combines the teaching quality of a text with exemplary reports of small-scale and larger research studies, as well as a literature review by leading academics. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart One shows how to develop as a critical reader and self-critical writer of literature; and how to apply these insights in planning a written assignment, dissertation or thesis. The book provides a framework for the critical analysis of any text, and shows how to incorporate this in a literature review. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two presents accounts of leading-edge research, offering insights into key issues in the field of educational leadership, management and administration. The reader is invited to practice literature review skills by applying the critical analysis questions to any research report. Readers can use the models of good research practice presented here in their own design of an investigation for a dissertation or thesis. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three shows how a high quality literature review may be constructed and addresses a key issue in the field. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Sharon Kruse\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e. Karen Seashore Louis\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e-\u003cb\u003e Kenneth Leithwood \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003ePhillip Hallinger and Ronald Heck\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDerek Glover and Rosalind Levacic \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eRay Bolam\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book will be useful to postgraduate students on research-based masters and doctorate courses in educational leadership, management and administration. It is relevant for students doing research training in the social sciences and humanities. It is can also be used as a teaching resource by supervisors of masters and doctorate level students.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis series, edited by \u003cb\u003eMike Wallace\u003c\/b\u003e, supports research-based teaching on masters and taught doctorate courses in the humanities and social sciences fields of enquiry. Each book is a ′three in one′ text designed to assist advanced course tutors and dissertation supervisors with key research-based teaching tasks and aims to: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- develop students′ critical understanding of research literature\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- increase students′ appreciation of what can be achieved in small-scale investigations similar to those which they undertake for their dissertation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- present students with major findings, generalisations and concepts connected to their particular field.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mike Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761947957\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761947950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 6.84w x 0.81d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mike Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065102840063,"sku":"9780761947950","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a69025a7-e599-487d-bff8-2e88e9a3630c.jpg?v=1768673003","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/learning-to-read-critically-in-mike-wallace-9780761947950","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}