Virtuous Educational Leadership
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Excellent leadership matters Without excellent leadership, school improvement is impossible, or at least impossible to sustain. But what are the characteristics of an excellent leader? Is general leadership experience and knowledge enough? And how do you practically grow and develop leadership in yourself and others so you can all have a bigger impact on student outcomes? This integrated, holistic resource explores the virtues that are integral to achieving excellence in educational leadership, while offering practical guidance on how to do the right work in the right way—no matter what challenges you face or student inequities you’re trying to overcome.
Features include: Practical, research-based applications of virtue theory Examples of school leaders’ thinking and actions In-depth yet accessible theoretical analysis Detailed analysis showing theoretical concepts in practice Summaries and reflection questions The success of your students and teachers is directly linked to your influence, your knowledge and ideas, your personal character, and your ability to focus on the proper purposes of education.
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- SAGE Publications, Inc. (US)
- 9781071803776
- 9781071803721
- ePub
- 1
- Viviane Robinson
- English
- 2022-10-31
- 10
- 2
- 2
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- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- The Story in the Title
- The Scope and Organisation of the Book
- The Book’s Features and Benefits
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Part A: Identifying the Proper Purpose of Leadership Work
- Chapter 1. Three Proper Purposes of Education
- The Proper Purposes of Educational Institutions
- Less Satisfactory Approaches to Identifying the Right Work
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 2. Linking the Purposes to the Science of Learning and Teaching
- How Students Learn
- Implications for Classroom Teaching
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Part B: Doing the Right Leadership Work
- Chapter 3. Implications of the Science of Learning and Teaching for Leadership
- Dimension 1: Setting Goals and Expectations for Deep Learning
- Dimension 2: Resourcing Strategically for Deep Learning
- Dimension 3: Ensuring Quality Teaching for Deep Learning
- Dimension 4: Leading Teacher Professional Learning for Deep Learning
- Dimension 5: Ensuring a Safe and Orderly Environment for Deep Learning
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 4. Taking Context Seriously
- Traditional Concepts of Context
- Proposed Concept of Context
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Part C: Doing the Right Work the Right Way
- Chapter 5. Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
- Virtues Explained
- Virtues as Inclusive of Motives, Knowledge, and Skills
- The Place of Virtues in Leadership Frameworks
- A Taxonomy of Virtues for Doing the Right Work the Right Way
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 6. Leadership Virtues
- Sources of Leadership Influence
- Virtuous Leadership Motivations
- Identifying and Nurturing a Virtuous Disposition to Lead
- Recruiting and Retaining Virtuous Leaders
- Reluctance to Lead
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 7. Problem-Solving Virtues: Strategic
- The Role of Knowledge and Skill in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
- The Role of Motivation in Virtuous Strategic Leadership
- Connecting the Details With the Big Picture
- Finding the Strategic Focus
- Enacting the Strategic Focus
- Maintaining the Strategic Focus
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 8. Problem-Solving Virtues: Analytic
- Analytic Virtues and Theories of Action
- Analytic Virtues and Truth-Seeking
- Motivational Aspects of Analytic Virtues
- The Ladder of Inference: A Tool for Truth-Seeking Leaders
- Strategic and Analytic Virtues in Action
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 9. Problem-Solving Virtues: Imaginative
- Imaginative Virtues and the Integration of Solution Requirements
- Imaginative Virtues, Creativity, and Problem-Solving
- Strategic, Analytic, and Imaginative Virtues in Action
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 10. Interpersonal Virtues
- Relational Trust: A Guide for Deriving Interpersonal Virtues
- Four Interpersonal Virtues
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 11. Integrating Leadership, Problem-Solving, and Interpersonal Virtues
- The Task-Relationship Dilemma
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 12. Being Virtuous in Tough Spots
- Fostering Accurate Reporting
- Building Collegial Accountability
- Providing Critical Evaluation
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Chapter 13. Virtuous Leadership of Educational Improvement: A Case Study
- The Problem: Attendance at Vauxhall Secondary College
- The Leaders: Roles and Contributions
- The Method: Using CCPS to Improve Attendance
- The New Challenge: Addressing an Unanticipated Obstacle
- Reflections on the Success of CCPS at Vauxhall Secondary College
- Reflections on the Contributions of Leaders’ Virtues to the Success of CCPS at VSC
- Summary
- Reflection and Action
- Conclusion
- Chapter 14. Conclusion
- References
- Index