Description
Book SynopsisThis book offers educational leaders another tool that, if they are courageous enough to use, transcends the tried-and-true processes and procedures that have typically grounded the educational leader’s performance. This book offers educational leaders the opportunity to use critical spirituality as a practice to wage war against the miseducation of so many of the nation’s children and youth. The book demands attention be paid to the societal issues that impact what happens in schools and argues that the intellectual work in the schoolhouse must prepare students to create strategies to combat these issues and challenges.
The book can be used in advanced courses in educational leadership from multiple perspectives, including contemporary issues, social foundations, social justice, spirituality, and ethics
Trade Review"In these times of overwhelming uncertainty,
Leading with a Critical Spirit urges educational leaders to move away from technical managerial approaches to leadership and begin to bring their whole selves into the work of leading the field. Now we see mind, body, and spirit as essential elements of educational innovation, reform, and leadership." Gloria Ladson-Billings, Emerita, FBA Immediate Past President, National Academy of Education Fellow, The British Academy Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, American Educational Research Association
Table of ContentsForeward for Leading With A Critical Spirit: New Strategies for Educational Leaders – Acknowledgments – Rationalizing A Critical Definition of Educational Leadership – The Call to Critical Educational Leadership: Anchoring, A Future Orientation, and Purpose – Aligning The Elements of Critical African American Spirituality with the Leadership Project – Critical Reflection and the Educational Leader’s Unfinishedness – Indicting Antediluvian Leadership – The Conclusion of the Matter – References – Index.
