Description:
Educational Leadership in Becoming rethinks educational leadership in its current forms. Davids and Waghid argue that educational leadership is currently insufficient to enact responsible human action, particularly when it comes to addressing the combined issues of globalisation and equitable redress and transformation, whether in relation to leading schools or universities. The primary objective of the book, then, is to draw on the Agambian notion of becoming in order to show that an educational leadership in becoming is better placed to not only address the myriad challenges besetting education, but to also enhance the potential of leadership in action.
Review Quotes:
'The authors present the argument that educational leadership is best described not in terms of a fixed state but instead as a state of "becoming", which best suits our potential to grow as leaders in spite of increasingly changing contexts.'
Tena M. Versland, Professor of Educational Leadership, Montana State University
'This is a much needed book and it is a powerful book, probing what an ethical educational leadership might look like, especially in the context of market forces. The authors, Nuraan Davids and Yusef Waghid, offer an incisive set of ideas, seeing effective leadership as always exploratory, critical and dialogical. While situated in South Africa, the book's themes and arguments are universal and it offers resources for all in leadership positions in education. It is a book whose own time has come and it deserves the widest audience.'
Ronald Barnett, Emeritus Professor of Higher Education, University College London Institute of Education
'This book must be read by all interested in Higher Education and Education systems and how they contribute to the development of democratic societies. The authors reveal how a cosmopolitan approach and engagement with leadership in Higher Education and Education Systems has overcome dysfunction through advocating for and realising 'quality in diversity'. The book is a truly humbling and a masterful defense of Educational Leadership as a Community in Becoming.'
Alison Taysum, Programme Leader MSc Educational Leadership, University of Leicester, UK