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The man in the principal's office; an ethnography

Title
The man in the principal's office; an ethnography [by] Harry F. Wolcott.
Author
Wolcott, Harry F., 1929-
Publication
New York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston [1973]

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Description
xviii, 334 pages illustrations; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Case studies in education and culture
Uniform Title
Case studies in education and culture
Subject
  • School principals
  • principals (educators)
  • Grundschule
  • Schulleitung
  • USA
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 328-334.
Contents
1. A principal investigator in search of a principal -- 2. A day in the life -- 3. The principal as a person -- 4. The school and community -- 5. What a principal does: formal encounters -- 6. What a principal does: informal encounters and daily routines -- 7. The annual cycle of the principalship -- 8. Maintaining the system: the socialization of the principal -- 9. Maintaining the system: the principal as socializer -- 10. Behind many masks -- 11. Patience and prudence -- Epilogue: Reactions and reflections.
ISBN
  • 0030912369
  • 9780030912368
LCCN
72081014
OCLC
  • ocm00722837
  • 722837
  • SCSB-8903866
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library