Socially just educational leadership in unjust times a Bourdieusian study of social justice educational leadership practices Katrina MacDonald

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

MacDonald, Katrina, author.

Series:

Educational leadership theory 2510-179X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational leadership--Australia--Victoria.

Educational leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cham Springer 2023

Summary:

This book offers a richly observed study of three principals working in some of the most disadvantaged primary schools in Victoria, Australia. It explores their social justice understandings and practices in working to improve the educational outcomes for children in their schools, through autobiography, biographical interviews, in-depth interviews and observations. The work looks into their life histories, the formation of their primary and secondary habitus, and uncovers and examines their encounters with the public education field. Drawing on Pierre Bourdieu's theory of practice and his 'thinking tools', the book investigates how the principals' understandings of social justice are shaped by the intersection of their life and work histories. This book is of interest to educational leadership scholars interested in the application of critical theory to studies of leadership. The book provides an exemplar for the application of Bourdieu's theory of practice, and it makes a strong contribution to Bourdieusian scholarship, social justice scholarship and educational leadership scholarship

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references andindex

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed January 10, 2024)

ISBN:

9783031476167

3031476166

OCLC:

1416973248

Access Restriction:

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