Hegemony, Principal Preparation, and the Language of the Oppressor: The Elusive Preparation of Socially Just School Leaders
Document Type
Book Section
Publication Date
12-23-2019
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publisher Location
Switzerland
First page number:
1085
Last page number:
1111
Abstract
School leader preparation has a long history in the United States. For approximately a century, school leadership preparation programs have been developed, critiqued, reformed, and restructured, and this continues today. There are multiple purposes of this chapter: First, to respond to the question “how can school leaders be prepared in a way that would support a high-level of success in practice, especially in leading schools to further social justice, while acknowledging that the traditional preparation of school leaders has been insufficient?": Second, to problematize what researchers have said about school leader preparation: Finally, to reconsider, and move beyond, what has been conceptualized as school leader preparation to develop leaders for social justice. In order to develop social justiceoriented school leaders, inclusion of a vision of school leadership which incorporates the broader societal implications of implementing socially just practices in schools is crucial.
Keywords
Principal Preparation; Leadership for Social Justice; School Leadership; Visionary Leadership Preparation; Socially Just School Leadership Practices
Disciplines
Education | Educational Leadership
Language
English
Repository Citation
Skousen, J. D.
(2019).
Hegemony, Principal Preparation, and the Language of the Oppressor: The Elusive Preparation of Socially Just School Leaders.
1085-1111.
Switzerland: Springer Nature.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14625-2_116