{"product_id":"educational-leadership-and-moral-literacy-the-dispositional-aims-of-moral-leaders-9781610487269","title":"Educational Leadership and Moral Literacy: The","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat makes a moral person moral? Who decides what morality means? What makes leadership practice moral? In today’s schools, what stands as moral leadership? These are questions that reflect the complexity integral to the calculus of human morality, especially in a world that is defined daily by its variant meanings of morality, its acts of immorality.   The school as an educational setting is or should be a decidedly moral center of the society; it is the natural intersect between the family and the multi-dimensional nature of public life. Educational Leadership and Moral Literacy addresses these questions, situating the reader in a conversation that examines the meaning and nature of moral leadership through the lens of moral literacy and the dispositional aims of moral leadership in educational settings. The contributing authors extend an argument that the work of leader educators and practitioners alike must continuously be re-articulated around the dispositional aims aligned with a moral, democratic education. Educators must be concerned with developing the moral, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions of the educational leader as a “moral person.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis substantive work on the contemporary topic of educational leadership and moral literacy engages leaders in the significant task of developing beyond competent leaders into moral architects. This lens advances the field of educational leadership where the role of leaders as moral agents for today’s schools has gradually come to the fore. Those who prepare educational leaders will also benefit from how the contributors to this volume peel back the onion on the topic of morality, exposing it in relation to such crucial areas as dispositions, literacy, climate\/culture, and selfhood. -- Carol A. Mullen, professor of educational leadership, director of the School of Education, and associate dean for professional education of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech University\u003cbr\u003eIn the emerging test score cheating scandals and in a time with increasing privatization of public education in which profits are placed ahead of everything else, I cannot imagine a more timely book than Educational Leadership and Moral Literacy. Chapters on moral integrity and courage, along with an understanding of the nature of moral perseverance, are especially relevant to restore the ethic of public service for educational leadership which is on the verge of being erased. -- Fenwick W. English, R. Wendell Eaves Sr. Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\u003cbr\u003ePatrick M. Jenlink in his new book, Education Leadership and Moral Literacy: The Dispositional Aims of Moral Leaders, explains moral consciousness, obligation, judgment, understanding, and socialization in terms that leaders can understand and employ in their lived realities. He encourages educational leaders' metacognition and moral-cognition in order to actualize moral leadership. -- Beverly J. Irby, professor and associate dean, Academic Affairs, Marilyn Kent Byrne Endowed Chair for Student Success, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Introduction: Leadership, Morality, and Moral Leadership in Today’s Schools Patrick M. Jenlink  Section I: Moral Leadership for Today’s Schools Chapter 1 – The Moral Nature of Educational Leadership: Examining the Dispositions of Moral Leaders Patrick M. Jenlink Chapter 2 – Moral Literacy—A Requisite for Moral Leadership Patrick M. Jenlink  Section II: Moral Dispositions and the Moral Nature of Leadership Chapter 3 – Moral Commitment: Scholar–Practitioners Making Choices With Strength of Purpose Catherine York Amonett Chapter 4 – Moral Respect and the School Administrator Frederick J. Black, Jr. Chapter 5 – Moral Authenticity as a Disposition of the Scholar-Practitioner Cynthia Lindley Chapter 6 – The Face of the Morally Responsible Scholar-Practitioner Orlando Vargas Chapter 7 – Moral Reasonableness and the Scholar–Practitioner Walter Bevers Chapter 8 – A Message to Educational Leaders: The Value of Moral Caring Donna Porter Chapter 9 – Moral Critique: A Critical Pragmatic View of Scholar-Practitioner Leadership  Toby Nix Chapter 10 – Moral Integrity: The Leader’s Path to Wholeness Nathaniel Session  Chapter 11 – Moral Courage: The Road “Less Traveled By” Denice McCormick Myers Chapter 12 – Examining Moral Justice and Its Implications for Equity And Access in the Pursuit of Democratic Schooling Stefanie Bush Chapter 13 – Moral Humility: A Dimension of Scholar-Practitioner Leadership Brian Nichols Chapter 14 – Moral Selflessness and the Scholar-Practitioner: Non-Random Acts of Deliberate Kindness Laurie Stone Rogers Chapter 15 – Moral Perseverance: Managing Decisions, Taking Risks, and Accepting Responsibility Angela Wright  Section III: Moral Leadership: Reflections Chapter 16 – The Scholar–Practitioner as Moral Being: Perspectives on Educational Leadership and Moral Dispositions Karen Embry Jenlink  Chapter 17 – Coda: The Leader as Moral Architect: Ensuring the Moral Architecture of Education Patrick M. Jenlink  About the Editor and Contributing Authors","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041672069463,"sku":"9781610487269","price":81.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781610487269.jpg?v=1750951243","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/educational-leadership-and-moral-literacy-the-dispositional-aims-of-moral-leaders-9781610487269","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}