A Global Perspective of Social Justice Leadership for School Principals

358 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Within education there have been some notable attempts to frame social justice in ways that can helpto explain and understand the practices of those working in schools, especially school leaders. Theresearch contained in this book seeks to enhance our understanding of school leaders’ actions as theywork to promote socially just practices and/or outcomes in a range of different national contexts. Theunique nature of this research is that studies took place in numerous schools across the globe in avariety of contexts yet utilized the same research protocols. This has allowed the researchers to drawconclusions at an international level about social justice decision making, the supports and barriersbrought on school leaders by national policy and mandates, and the essential nature of context in thework of social justice leadership.The audience will include scholars on a global scale, given that cases in the book include authors and principals from around theworld. The book can also serve as a text for leadership preparation courses as well as courses in social justice, research design, andqualitative research methodologies. Courses in human relations and communication can use the content as examples of thenegotiations and challenges of teamwork in international settings. A primary audience for the book is system/school level leadersin contexts and communities throughout the world for understanding comparative leadership and social justice decision making.Current principals will find the cases useful as reflexive tools for their own work. Educational leaders, educational reformers, andpolicy makers will benefit from this book as they seek to understand the impact of their work and its influence on promoting equityin schools across the globe.

• Themen: Gesellschaft und Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften Organisation und Verwaltung
• ISBN: 9781681238746
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 08.05.2017
• Größe: 240 x 161 mm
• Verlag: Information Age Publishing
• Herausgegeben von: Pamela S. Angelle