Applied critical leadership in education : choosing change / Lorri J. Santamaría and Andrés P. Santamaría.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santamaría, Lorri J.

Contributor:

Santamaría, Andrés P.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--United States.

Educational leadership.

United States.

School management and organization--United States.

School management and organization.

Education--Social aspects--United States.

Education.

Education--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xvi, 193 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

"Educational researchers, leaders, and practitioners are seeing the increasing need for practical transformative models and theories to address academic, cultural, and socio-economic gaps separating learners at all levels of the educational system. Applied Critical Leadership in Education proposes a shift in leadership and a need to transform status quo educational practices. This book explores a leadership model arising from critical theory and critical pedagogy traditions, and provides examples of applied critical leadership, ultimately expanding ways to think about current leadership models. The authors examine qualitative case studies featuring critical leaders in early childhood education, elementary school, middle school, high school, district level, and higher education, and follow with analysis, discussion, and application questions for readers to address. The cases are followed by critical questions for readers, suggestions for readers to begin conversations around issues of social justice and equity, and brief profiles of other critical leaders engaged in leadership for change around the country. This timely book explores an exciting new leadership model in a time of urgency for critical leadership and sustainable change"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

pt. I. Early childhood education and elementary school settings. Leadership responsive to early childhood education : not the least of these

Principal leadership in an underperforming elementary school : the titanic syndrome

Applied critical leadership for native education in mainstream schools and districts : leading by example

pt. II. Middle and secondary school settings. Middle and high school applications of critical leadership : voices from the fringe

Applied critical leadership in secondary education : teacher leadership for change

Secondary-school leadership for social justice and equity : the way eyes see it

pt. III. Higher education settings. Applied critical leadership in higher education : from the director's chair of student affairs

Academic affairs and higher education : applied critical leadership in the Ivory Tower

Conclusion: The case for applied critical leadership in prekindergarten through higher education.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

0415881099

9780415881043

0415881048

9780415881098

OCLC:

663951854

Publisher Number:

99946437388