Table of Contents:
- Introduction: exploring the broad terrain of leadership preparation in education
- The landscape of scholarship on the education of school leaders, 1985-2006
- An historical review of research and development activities pertaining to the preparation of school leaders
- The context of university-based educational leadership preparation
- Research on leadership preparation in a global context
- Candidates in educational leadership graduate programs
- Characteristics, preparation, and professional development of educational leadership faculty
- Curriculum in leadership preparation: understanding where we have been in order to know where we might go
- Pedagogy
- The use of internships in preparing school leaders
- The design and delivery of leadership preparation
- Student assessment in educational leadership preparation programs: looking at our past, examining our present, and framing our future
- Program evaluation in leadership preparation and related fields
- Comprehensive leadership development: a portrait of programs
- Establishing meaningful leadership mentoring in school settings: transcending simplistic rhetoric, self-congratulation, and claims of panacea
- Conclusion: moving forward on research for enriching the education of school leaders.