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Summary
Values and Educational Leadership extends beyond the presentation of expert opinion to blend theory, research, and practice for a comprehensive examination of values in educational leadership. It analyzes personal values manifested by individuals, professional values of administration, and collective values exhibited by groups, societies, and organizations.
The book merges the collective wisdom of some of the best known and most respected philosophers, theorists, and researchers currently working in the field, including: Derek J. Allison, Paul T. Begley, Paul V. Bredeson, Elizabeth Campbell, Daniel L. Duke, Frederick S. Ellett Jr., Colin Evers, William Foster, Margaret Grogan, Christopher Hodgkinson, Olof Johansson, Gabriele Lakomski, Kenneth Leithwood, Pauline Leonard, Kevin Roche, James Ryan, Don Shakotko, Francie Smith, Keith Walker, and Donald J. Willower.
Paul T. Begley is Associate Professor and Centre Head, Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership, Ontario Institute for the Study of Education, University of Toronto. He is also the co-director of the UCEA Centre for the Study of Leadership and Ethics at the University of Virginia.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Christopher Hodgkinson
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Paul T. Begley
Part I
Value Praxis and Ethical Leadership
Introduction to Part I Practitioner and Organizational Perspectives on Values in Administration
Paul T. Begley
Chapter One
Envisioning the Good Organization: Steps toward a Philosophy of Organization
Daniel L. Duke
Chapter Two
An Organizational Perspective on Values for Leaders of Future Schools
Kenneth Leithwood
Chapter Three
Value Orchestration by the Policy Community for the Learning Community: Reality or Myth
Olof Johansson and Paul V. Bredeson
Chapter Four
Beyond the Veil: Moral Educational Administration and Inquiry in a Postmodern World
James Ryan
Chapter Five
Administrative Science, the Postmodern, and Community
William Foster
Part II
Values Theory: Debates and Developments
Introduction to Part II: The Place of Values in Theories of Administration
Paul T. Begley
Chapter Six
Values and Valuation: A Naturalistic Inquiry
Donald J. Willower
Chapter Seven
The Will to Power
Christopher Hodgkinson
Chapter Eight
Ethical School Leadership: Problems of an Elusive Role
Elizabeth Campbell
Chapter Nine
Values, Socially-Distributed Cognition, and Organizational Practice
Gabriele Lakomski and Colin Evers
Chapter Ten
Evers and Lakomski on Values in Educational Administration: Less Than Hcoherent
Derek J. Allison and Frederick S. Ellett, Jr
Part III
Research on Values and Leadership: Findings and Implications
Introduction To Part III: Competing Research Paradigms and Alternate Perspectives
Paul T. Begley
Chapter Eleven
Examining Educational Purposes and Underlying Value Orientations in Schools
Pauline E. Leonard
Chapter Twelve
Value Preferences, Ethics, and Conflicts in School Administration
Paul T. Begley
Chapter Thirteen
Moral and Ethical Dilemmas in Catholic School Settings
Kevin Roche
Chapter Fourteen
A Feminist Perspective of Women Superintendents' Approaches to Moral Dilemmas
Margaret Grogan and Francie Smith
Chapter Fifteen
The Canadian Superintendency: Value-Based Challenges and Pressures
Keith Walker and Don Shakotko
Chapter Sixteen
Values and Educational Leadership: An Agenda for the Future
