On educational leadership as emancipatory practice: problems and promises
"As a critical reflection on education and educational leadership today, this book makes use of the ideas of some of the major thinkers of our time-Adorno, Arendt, Biesta, Apple, Hall, Marx, Nietzsche, Rancière, Said, Williams and others-in an examination of the emancipatory potential of education. Author Duncan Waite explores the political, social, systemic, epistemological, and cultural barriers and roadblocks that inhibit liberatory education, discussing the concepts of corruption and abuse …
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- Full title :On educational leadership as emancipatory practice : problems and promises / Duncan Waite.
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"As a critical reflection on education and educational leadership today, this book makes use of the ideas of some of the major thinkers of our time-Adorno, Arendt, Biesta, Apple, Hall, Marx, Nietzsche, Rancière, Said, Williams and others-in an examination of the emancipatory potential of education. Author Duncan Waite explores the political, social, systemic, epistemological, and cultural barriers and roadblocks that inhibit liberatory education, discussing the concepts of corruption and abuse of power; systems and structures that hobble us; ideologies such as neoliberalism, capitalism, and corporatism; identity and consciousness; and conceptions of learning, growth, and development. Ultimately the author unpacks how these issues relate to liberation, emancipation, and social justice for students, teachers, and educational leaders, as well as the role leadership can play in realizing the emancipatory promise of education"--
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- Publication Date:2022.
- Edition:First Edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2022.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781000602685, 1000602680, 9781003164449, 1003164447, 9781000602654, 1000602656
- DOI:10.4324/9781003164449
- oclc:on1316836567
- LC Classification:LB2806
- Dewey Decimal:371.2/011
Table of Contents
By way of an introduction -- Contextual considerations considered differently -- On the shortcomings of our organizational forms -- The imperium : class, caste, and control -- Imperial hubris : the dark heart of leadership -- Notes towards a conclusion.
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