Democracy and spiritual awareness: interconnections and implications for educational leadership

Glenys J. Woods, Philip Woods

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Abstract

This article sets out theorisations of developmental democracy and spiritual awareness formulated in previous work by the authors. These are used to explore collegial leadership in a case study Steiner school, with the aim of illuminating and illustrating the transformative demands of developmental democracy and its interconnection with spiritual awareness. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for imbuing democratised educational leadership with spiritual energy and fashioning and leading a school environment that reflects the model of developmental democracy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-116
JournalInternational Journal of Children's Spirituality
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • spirituality
  • democratic leadership
  • collegiality

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