Introduction and purpose
Integrating Web 2.0 applications into the classroom preparation of prospective
educational administrators may be one way to advance the recognition and development
of prospective educational administrators’ leadership qualities. I frame this paper in the
context of educational administration preparation programs and focus on the higher
education classroom instructional environment where prospective educational
administrators gain the requisite knowledge base for practice as school administrators.
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IJEM
26,2
192
Received 22 February 2011
Accepted 7 April 2011
International Journal of Educational
Management
Vol. 26 No. 2, 2012
pp. 192-204
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0951-354X
DOI 10.1108/09513541211201997
I propose that the philosophy that undergirds the evolving technologies associated
with Web 2.0 may advance prospective educational administrators’ leadership
development. This is crucial since the infrastructure underlying Web 2.0 and its
applications provide an opportunity for educational administration programs to
increase social capital among students and create a learning community based on their
strengths and successful leadership experiences – to date, the pedagogical
implications of a Web 2.0 approach are barely explored (Hemmi et al., 2009).