Anatomy of Professional Practice

Fenwick W. English is the Wendell Eaves Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and president of the University Council for Educational Administration 2006-2007. He has practiced educational leadership in K-12 school settings as a principal and superintendent, and has also served in higher education administration as a chair, dean, and vice-chancellor of academic affairs, in educational associations as associate executive director of the AASA, and as a former partner in the accounting and consulting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick where he was national practice director for elementary and secondary education North America.

Rare is the scholar who possesses a broad understanding of an entire field—from its busy, well-tended center out to the contested and somewhat lonely realms of emergent thinking. More uncommon still is one who also comprehends the depths of that field through sheer force of original analysis as well as by appealing to the wisdom of the ages. Finally, when such an exceptional scholar dares others in that field to rethink their fundamental assumptions or to relinquish their firm attachment to the tried, true, and easy, it is a gift to all. In educational leadership and administration, this scholar is Fenwick W. English.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Why an Anatomy?Chapter 2 Compassion Is Different from CaringChapter 3 Dewey's DifferentiationChapter 4 One View of the Historical Moment in Educational LeadershipChapter 5 The Pasteur ProblemChapter 6 Contested Notions of "Correct Science"Chapter 7 An Anatomy of Professional PracticeChapter 8 Exploring Cognitive Aesthetics and the Zone of TransferenceChapter 9 Leadership as Drama, Theatre, and PerformanceChapter 10 Aesthetics, Morals, and Evil in LeadershipChapter 11 Summing Up