Urban educational leadership for social justice international perspectives

The chapters in Urban Educational Leadership for Social Justice: International Perspectives constitute a collection of works that explore dynamics related to equity in multiple contexts. Authors examined these issues in Turkey, Egypt the United States, Thailand and at a global level by comparing and...

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Other Authors Brooks, Jeffrey S., 1970- (Editor), Brooks, Melanie Carol (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2015]
SeriesEducational leadership for social justice.
Subjects
Educational leadership > Cross-cultural studies.
Urban schools > Administration > Cross-cultural studies.
Social justice > Study and teaching > Cross-cultural studies.
Education > Administration > General.
Educational administration and organization.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781806611072
DOI10.1108/978-1-68123-178-5
Physical Description1 online resource (x, 322 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Designing democratic community / Lisa A. W. Kensler
  • The impact of no child left behind on the achievement gap : A decade view of hampton roads area school districts in virginia / Whitney Sherman Newcomb and Kerry Robinson
  • Widening participation in higher education in England : The significance of educational leadership / Michael F Watts
  • Sustaining social justice : Strategies urban principals develop to advance justice and equity while facing resistance / George Theoharis
  • Effective leadership in a culturally diverse learning environment / Tim Grothaus, Karen S. Crum, and Anita B. James
  • The components of an effective mentoring program from Turkish school leaders' perspective / Adem Bayar
  • Segregation and poverty : Impacts on reading achievement and leadership implications / Jennifer Clayton, Karen Sanzo, and Angela Rhett
  • Leadership of thai public school secondary principals in an era of education reform and cultural unrest / Ekkarin Sungtong, Margaret Grogan, and Brendan Maxcy
  • Unpacking replicative and transformative approaches to social justice in Canada and the United States : Administrators' perspectives / Brenda J. McMahon and Denise Armstrong
  • Sowing seeds of oppression for African American education : Destiny or design? / Curtis Williams and Jeffrey S. Brooks
  • Revisiting distributed leadership : Examining the risks of "democratic" participation for an immigrant and refugee community / Thu Suong Thi Nguyen and Brendan D. Maxcy
  • Teaching in cairo : Exploring gender, social class, and workplace relationships / Melanie C. Brooks
  • Relational leadership, social justice, and spirituality among female secondary school leaders in urban and suburban contexts / Gaëtane Jean-Marie and Anthony H. Normore
  • Cracking the code : Illuminating the promises and pitfalls of social justice in educational leadership / Floyd D. Beachum and Carlos R. McCray.

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