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“To deny the importance of theory in matters of practice is to negate any different future than the one which is currently known. To paraphrase, if we keep on using the same old theories we will continue to get the same old results. Breakthroughs in practice are nearly always accompanied by and require breakthroughs in theory to support them.” – Fenwick W. English |
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R. Wendell Eaves Sr. Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership Coordinator of Educational Leadership Program |
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121E Peabody Hall |
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Fenwick W. English is the R. Wendell Eaves Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education. He currently teaches in the Educational Leadership Program at the master’s and doctoral levels. He has served in administrative capacities in higher education as department chair, dean and vice chancellor of academic affairs. English is a former superintendent of schools in New York, assistant superintendent of schools in Florida and middle school principal in California. He has served in an executive capacity at the national level with the American Association of School Administrators in Arlington, Virginia, and with KPMG Peat Marwick, a private accounting and consulting firm in Washington, D.C. English has lived or worked in all 50 states and two U.S. territories during his career. Over his educational career he has also headed task forces and committees sponsored by the National Secondary School Principals (NASSP) and Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). He served as a member of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) Executive Committee (2001-2009) and was elected President for the 2006-07 academic term. English has presented his research nationally and internationally. He has given papers at British Educational Leadership Management Association Society (BELMAS) as well as Divisions A and L of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) and National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). He is also a frequent keynote speaker at practitioner conferences, most recently at the Midwinter Conference of the Texas Association of School Administrators in Austin, Texas. He has worked overseas in the American Diplomatic Schools in Saudi Arabia, Israel and Athens, Greece and Department of Defense Schools (DoDEA) in Germany, Japan, the Philippines and the United Kingdom. |
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| Selected Publications | English, F. (2008). Anatomy of Professional Practice: Promising Research Perspectives in Educational Leadership. Rowman and Littlefield. English, F. (2008). The Art of educational leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. English, F. (2007). The NRC's scientific research in education: It isn't even wrong! In F. English & G. Furman (Eds.) Research and educational leadership, (pp.1-38). Lanham MD: Rowman and Littlefield. English, F. (Ed.). (2006). The encyclopedia of educational leadership and administration, Two volumes. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. English, F. (2006). The unintended consequences of a standardized knowledge base in advancing educational leadership preparation. Educational Administration Quarterly, 42(3), 461-472. English, F. (Ed.). (2005). The Sage handbook of educational leadership: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. English, F. (2003). The postmodern challenge to the theory and practice of educational administration. Springfield ILL: Charles C. Thomas. |
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