Thinking Maps has always been a part of my practice and yet, reading this book, I learned how much I need to sharpen my practice (and, of course, my thinking). This book is rigorous in its attention to both a solid review of the literature about leadership and a solid set of case studies that support their own research in leadership and the use of thinking maps. It is practical, learned, and inspirational - a good model for thoughtful leadership. --Bena Kallick, Educational Consultant; Codirector of the Institute for Habits of Mind; Cofounder of Eduplanet, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Developing Connected Leadership provides compelling empirical and theoretical evidence that thinking maps can help leaders ponder and address problems and issues related to teaching and learning and thoughtfully pursue school improvement efforts. The cases and literature included in the book demonstrate that thinking maps enable leaders and others to surface, connect, share and negotiate assumptions, concerns and questions, promoting deeper and sustainable thinking and discourse, and making this book a must read for leaders. --Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, President, LCI Learner-Centered Initiatives and Communities for Learning, Floral Park, New York
Alper, Williams, and Hyerle have given us a brilliant literary gift: Developing Connective Leadership. Ushering forth their pioneering work in Thinking Maps, they have situated these maps into a connective leadership framework at the interpersonal, collaborative, school, and system levels. Like an expanding universe, these maps provide the cognitive language, patterned processes, and robust skeleton that enable the educative body to act and to succeed sustainably. They remind us that thinking leaders are leading thinkers. I highly recommend this book to all school and district leaders - teachers, students, administrators, and parents - as well as policymakers at the state and national levels. --Linda Lambert, Professor Emeritus, California State University, East Bay; Author and Consultant, Sea Ranch, California
Developing Connected Leadership provides compelling empirical and theoretical evidence that thinking maps can help leaders ponder and address problems and issues related to teaching and learning and thoughtfully pursue school improvement efforts. The cases and literature included in the book demonstrate that thinking maps enable leaders and others to surface, connect, share and negotiate assumptions, concerns and questions, promoting deeper and sustainable thinking and discourse, and making this book a must read for leaders. --Giselle O. Martin-Kniep, President, LCI Learner-Centered Initiatives and Communities for Learning, Floral Park, New York
Alper, Williams, and Hyerle have given us a brilliant literary gift: Developing Connective Leadership. Ushering forth their pioneering work in Thinking Maps, they have situated these maps into a connective leadership framework at the interpersonal, collaborative, school, and system levels. Like an expanding universe, these maps provide the cognitive language, patterned processes, and robust skeleton that enable the educative body to act and to succeed sustainably. They remind us that thinking leaders are leading thinkers. I highly recommend this book to all school and district leaders - teachers, students, administrators, and parents - as well as policymakers at the state and national levels. --Linda Lambert, Professor Emeritus, California State University, East Bay; Author and Consultant, Sea Ranch, California
