The Way of School Governance - Wisdom Archives of 20 Principals from Top Schools

Author: Tao Jixin
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Publish Date: 2007-03-01
Features: A principal is different from ordinary administrative leaders to some extent, as they determine the fate of the school. The real-life growth of teachers and students shapes their future development. Therefore, all outstanding principals strive for the rapid growth of teachers and students. From this perspective, the editors of this book interviewed some outstanding principals, hoping that their thoughts and actions would inspire more principals, encouraging them to think more and act more, thereby enabling teachers and students to achieve true life growth.
A principal is different from ordinary administrative leaders to some extent, as they determine the fate of the school. As a special role, a principal carries the historical mission of providing spiritual guidance and intellectual direction to teachers and students. From this perspective, the author of this book interviewed 20 outstanding principals and introduced their leadership philosophies from six aspects: guiding education through thought, promoting school development through culture, achieving extraordinary success through wisdom, highlighting distinctive features through personality, and reaching special realms through dedication. Through the thoughts and actions of these principals, the author hopes to inspire more principals, encouraging them to think more and act more, thereby enabling teachers and students to achieve true life growth.
The book is divided into six parts: Guiding Education through Thought, Promoting School Development through Culture, Achieving Extraordinary Success through Wisdom, Building a Humanistic Environment through Harmony, Highlighting Distinctive Features through Personality, and Reaching Special Realms through Striving. However, these parts are not logically parallel to each other but rather intersecting. The division is not entirely scientific, as it is only used to emphasize the differences between parts or to highlight certain aspects where content is relatively prominent. Each part is arranged in chronological order based on the publication date of the works, though logically they form a parallel relationship, they only emphasize formality, giving a somewhat simplified impression.