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来源

URBAN EDUCATION,Vol.53,Issue5,P.668-696

语言

英文

关键字

opportunity gap; achievement gap; flow theory; purpose driven leadership; positive psychology; Black female superintendent; school reform; Urban Education; case studies; spirituality; FLOW EXPERIENCE; SCHOOLS; DETRACKING; LEADERSHIP; SUSCEPTIBILITY; VALID

作者单位

[Beard, Karen Stansberry] Ohio State Univ, Educ Adm, 315B Ramseyer Hall,29 W Woodruff, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. Beard, KS (reprint author), Ohio State Univ, Educ Adm, 315B Ramseyer Hall,29 W Woodruff, Columbus, OH 43210 USA. E-Mail: beard.46@osu.edu

摘要

This case study is the first known employing flow in educational administration in the United States. Using Csikszentmihalyi's flow theory and Dantley's purpose-driven leadership, an administrator's practices were examined with respect to two guiding questions: (a) is purposefulness integral to closing extant gaps in achievement, and (b) are the elements of flow found in successful educational administration? The recorded interview was subjected to template analysis developed from tenets of both theories. The results are that all nine elements of flow were found, as were the tenets of purpose-driven leadership in the work experience of an administrator's success in closing the district's achievement gap.