Using Movie Scenes as Conceptual Framing Exemplars to Guide School Leaders in Thinking Reflectively about Organizational Change
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53024#.VLR_o8nQrzE Author(s) Joseph Claudet Affiliation(s) Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA . ABSTRACT This article describes the use of conceptual framing exemplars as an instructional tool to enhance the university graduate-level teaching and mentoring of education leaders (teachers, principals, instructional coaches, curriculum/special program directors, superintendents) interested in further developing their professional knowledge and skills in designing and implementing effective school improvement initiatives in elementary and secondary school settings. The article includes a discussion of selected organizational change leadership concepts that often pose learning challenges to school leadership graduate students, along with some specific examples of classic and popular movie scene ...