Books and Articles By Mike King

ISTE Scenario: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

Change Leadership

The leadership role of the principal in today’s schools is unlike the authoritative legal roles of the past.  This new role of authority exist on the principals ability to influence the behaviors of individuals to authorize actions of continuos school renewal from the ideas of what people believe is the purpose of educating students. The new leadership roles that must be accomplished by the school principal is to focus on the culture of the school to achieve school improvement. In this article the author Mike King will explore the three essential elements of leadership and demonstrate how these elements can be adapted to influence the school improvement process.

Homework Reflective Learning

Traditionally homework and practice has been connected by the context when students are learning on their own and by applying new knowledge they expand a deeper understanding through repetition. The research supported the idea that homework should be approached not as an afterthought to the school day, but as a focused strategy for increasing understanding. It should be noted that both reinforcement of learning through practice and repetition is viable to procedural memory but may not support semantic, declarative or implicit memory when consolidation of ideas are needed in making conceptual ties. 

Building Bridges of Trust

In this article, I discuss the cause and effect of the decline of public trust in public education and will make concrete suggestions how to create new voices that will build a broad support for initiatives to regain public trust and to formulate new directions for school and community involvement. Many of the topics discussed here are drawn from leadership principles based on the following strategies of change: informing the community, providing community involvement programs, and communicating effectively.
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