Full Description
Challenging conventional leadership models, this timely and pioneering volume offers a critical rethinking of educational leadership in the context of global crises, particularly climate change and social inequality.
Chapters introduce transformative approaches that prioritise sustainability, social justice, and collaboration by critically examining historical and philosophical foundations of current educational leadership through a blend of scholarly analysis and practical insights. Qualitative international data used in this book lend insight into educators' lived perspectives. This book introduces thinkers such as Habermas, Serres, Foucault, Heidegger, and Anders on knowledge generation as applied to educational leadership. This book challenges neoliberal and patriarchal models of leadership that dominate the field. It offers innovative frameworks, such as degrowth and political ecology, to address the pressing issues of climate change and social inequality.
Ultimately, this book champions critical thinking as a tool for leadership and a resource for leading, and will be of use to researchers, scholars, and postgraduate students interested in leadership strategy, sustainability education, training, and leadership, and the theory of education more broadly. Those involved with higher education management and philosophy of education will also find this book of value.
Contents
Foreword - Tristan McCowan
Introduction
Chapter 1. Leading Education from Exploitative Pasts, through Uncertain Times into Sustainable Futures
Chapter 2. From Control to Collaboration: Rethinking Leadership in Education
Chapter 3. Leadership, Knowledge, and Power: Challenging Business-Centric Models in Education
Chapter 4. Climate Change Means Leadership Change
Chapter 5. Combating Global Climate and Knowledge Crises through Sustainable Educational Leadership
Chapter 6. Leading in the Anthropocene: Rethinking Leadership for a Sustainable Future
Chapter 7: Rethinking Educational Leadership: Towards Human-Centred Approaches
Chapter 8. Artful Leadership: Integrating Creativity into Educational Practices
Chapter 9. Healing the Disconnect: Integrating Ecological Awareness in Educational Leadership
Afterword - Tony Bush
