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Author:

Deal, Terrence E.

Title:

Making sense of social networks in schools / Terrence E. Deal, Ted Purinton, Daria Cook Waetjen ; foreword by Guilbert C. Hentschke.

Publisher:

Corwin Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxv, 147 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

School administrators--Training of--United States.
Social networks--United States.
Communication in education--United States.
School management and organization--United States.

Other Authors:

Purinton, Ted.
Waetjen, Daria Cook.
American Association of School Administrators.

Notes:

"A Joint Publication With the American Association of School Administrators." Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-143) and index.

Contents:

Foreword: Social capital and the educator / Guilbert C. Hentschke -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- Introduction: The new principal encounters a locked door : through a smoky cloud -- A glimmer of networks : saw an eyeball peepin' -- Network basics : green door, what's that secret you're keepin'? -- Limitations of task networks : door slammed, hospitality's thin there -- Friendship networks : the happy crowd -- Power networks : wish they'd let me in -- Culture networks : they laugh a lot behind the green door -- Scoping and working the networks : midnight, one more night without sleepin' -- Appendix: Research on networks in sociology, business, and education -- References -- Index.

ISBN:

1412954444 (pbk.)
9781412954440 (pbk.)
1412954436 (cloth)
9781412954433 (cloth)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)233937399

LCCN:

2008031915

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)