The Human Touch in Education Leadership

A Postpositivist Approach to Understanding Educational Leadership

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The Human Touch in Education Leadership

A Postpositivist Approach to Understanding Educational Leadership

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Palestini advances a new theory of educational leadership seen through the dual lens of critical theory and the Ignatian vision and its practical implications. A truly novel approach, the author strives to acquaint administrators and students of educational administration with a different way of thinking about education and its administration. Possessing the knowledge and skills of leadership is only half the story, one must also develop a value system or philosophy that guides the leader's actions and provides the leader with the 'human touch.' To advance his theory, the author includes chapters that outline the Ignatian vision of leadership, discuss the critical approach to leadership and the integration of theory and practice, explore an organizational change process, and assess the effective implementation of positivism, the critical theory, and the Ignatian vision. The final chapter contains a practical application of this approach to a case study involving the very controversial topic of education tuition vouchers.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Human Touch in Educational Administration
Chapter 2 1 Educational Leadership
Chapter 3 2 The Positivist/Functionalist Approach to Leadership
Chapter 4 3 Critical Theory and Leadership
Chapter 5 4 Educational Administration as a Moral Science
Chapter 6 5 The Ignatian Vision
Chapter 7 6 Implications for Organizational Development
Chapter 8 7 Implications for Institutional Change
Chapter 9 8 Educational Choice and Vouchers: A Case Study
Chapter 10 Index
Chapter 11 About the Author

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Published 14 Jan 2003
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 176
ISBN 9780810845169
Imprint R&L Education
Dimensions 225 x 151 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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