Disrupted Leadership in Education

Howard Youngs, Amanda Roberts, Meng Tian, Philip Woods

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Abstract

We suggested in Chapter 1 that leadership in education may be, inherently, a fractured field. Fracture and disruption span the chapters of the Handbook, with authors offering various ways of addressing the issues and challenges facing the field. In this final chapter, we locate ourselves as editors not only in the fractured state to which the field is prone but also in the disruption that has shaped our world since 2020 through the Covid-19 pandemic. Our narratives which we share in this chapter capture snapshots of our own reflections at a time when we are transitioning away from the pandemic. The themes that we draw out, emerging from the narratives, are dialectic reasoning, embracing fluidity and collective action and relational spaces. We conclude by highlighting the value of wayfinding leadership.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationHandbook on Leadership in Education
EditorsPhilip A. Woods, Amanda Roberts, Meng Tian, Howard Youngs
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing
Chapter36
Pages517-535
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9781800880429
ISBN (Print)9781800880412
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameSociology, Social Policy and Education 2023
PublisherEdward Elgar Publishing

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