On Educational Leadership as Emancipatory Practice

Problems and Promises
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-367-75891-2
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 381 g

As a critical reflection on education and educational leadership today, this book makes use of the ideas of some of the major thinkers of our time—Adorno, Arendt, Biesta, Brown, Apple, Hall, Marx, Nietzsche, Rancière, Said, Williams, and others—in an examination of the emancipatory potential of education. Author Duncan Waite explores the political, social, systemic, epistemological, and cultural barriers and roadblocks that inhibit liberatory education, discussing the concepts of corruption and abuse of power; systems and structures that hobble us; ideologies such as neoliberalism, capitalism, and corporatism; identity and consciousness; and conceptions of learning, growth, and development. Ultimately the author unpacks how these issues relate to liberation, emancipation, and social justice for students, teachers, and educational leaders, as well as the role leadership can play in realizing the emancipatory promise of education.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Waite, Duncan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. By Way of an Introduction 2. Contextual Considerations Considered Differently 3. On the Shortcomings of Our Organizational Forms 4. The Imperium: Class, Caste, and Control 5. Imperial Hubris: The Dark Heart of Leadership 6. Notes Towards a Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Duncan Waite is Professor of Education and Community Leadership at Texas State University, USA, and Editor of the International Journal of Leadership in Education.