Leading under pressure educational leadership in neoliberal times

The best leaders lead by example, not by mandate. However, so much leadership has become conscripted by neoliberal values. Educators and politicians, who are increasingly making policy for educators, have come to believe that standardized test scores are the same as knowledge acquired, as if test sc...

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Other Authors: Chitpin, Stephanie (Editor), White, Robert E. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald Publishing Limited 2022
Series:Transforming education through critical leadership, policy and practice
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505 0 |a The future is now: Educational leadership in crisis / S. Chitpin and R. E. White -- Part I: Social contexts -- Chapter 1. Workplace conditions that contribute to principals' emotional labour / C. Hauseman -- Chapter 2. Equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations for leadership in medical education / A. Larocque, D. Lewis, P. Rezaiefar, M. J. Venables, and D. Archibald -- Chapter 3. Race, ethnicity and leadership pressures in neoliberal times / C. Vieler-Porter -- Part II: Leading under pressure -- Chapter 4. Leading under speculation: Small schools, context and the principalship / S. Eacott, F. Munoz Rivera, and A. Raad -- Chapter 5. Eqao standardized examinations: An inequitable measure of academic success for food insecure students / O. Karoui -- Chapter 6. School improvement does not take place in a vacuum / E. Anderson -- Chapter 7. School leadership to prevent collateral damage: A case study of a thai principal during the covid-19 pandemic / T. Luanrit, E. Saito, and V. Saejea -- Part III: Futurescapes -- Chapter 8. Between a rock and a hard place: Principals in the middle / D. Fink, J. Hannay, S. Lazenby, and W. Marks -- Chapter 9. Applying an adult development lens to explore school leadership patterns in equity and social justice / N. Sirois -- Chapter 10. What's research got to do with it? Middle leadership in the modern university / T. Heffernan, L. Macaulay, and L. Bosetti Epilogue The World Crisis and the Key to Its Resolution / N. Maxwell 
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520 |a The best leaders lead by example, not by mandate. However, so much leadership has become conscripted by neoliberal values. Educators and politicians, who are increasingly making policy for educators, have come to believe that standardized test scores are the same as knowledge acquired, as if test scores actually measure knowledge as opposed to information. Simply put, educational policy is no longer being developed for educational purposes but education is increasingly being manipulated as an experiment in social engineering. Educational leaders are caught on the horns of a dilemma - to follow and inscribe policies they do not agree with or to "go rogue" and do what they know is needed. Leading under Pressure is aptly titled, as there is significant pressure being placed on school leaders at any stage in their careers. However, in an otherwise increasingly hostile political, commercial and natural environment, there are some rays of hope. For example, teachers still know what it is that their students need and strive to provide that, despite mandates that try to create consumers of us all. This volume is divided into three sections, the first of which seeks to explore social contexts of educational leadership. The second section explores the experiences of a variety of educational leaders in various contexts, while the third section of this volume looks at some of the consequences, unintended and otherwise, of the neoliberal commodification of education