Educational Leadership and Critical Theory (Paperback)

Charles L. Lowery

ISBN 10: 1350353469 / ISBN 13: 9781350353466

Published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London, 2025

About this Item

Paperback. This book shows how critical theory can help school leaders and administrators to prepare students for the ever-changing political, cultural, economic, and societal conditions of the world. The contributors use ideas from critical theorists including Adorno, Fromm, Marcuse and Habermas and connect them with contemporary theories and debates in educational leadership from moral education to criticaltheories on race, to culturally relevant practice.Educational Leadership and Critical Theory challenges the misconceptions of many present-day educators about the analytical lens offered by the Frankfurt School theorists which is often dismissed by policymakers and practitioners. Written by leading scholars based in the UK, USA, and Canada, the contributors emphasize and explain the importance of educational aesthetics, dialectics, education and civilization, the structural transformation of educations place in the public sphere, and education as revolution and enlightenment. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Educational Leadership and Critical Theory (Paperback)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, London
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350353469
• ISBN 13: 9781350353466
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

This book shows how critical theory can help school leaders and administrators to prepare students for the ever-changing political, cultural, economic, and societal conditions of the world. The contributors use ideas from critical theorists including Adorno, Fromm, Marcuse and Habermas and connect them with contemporary theories and debates in educational leadership from moral education to critical theories on race, to culturally relevant practice. Educational Leadership and Critical Theory challenges the misconceptions of many present-day educators about the analytical lens offered by the Frankfurt School theorists which is often dismissed by policymakers and practitioners. Written by leading scholars based in the UK, USA, and Canada, the contributors emphasize and explain the importance of educational aesthetics, dialectics, education and civilization, the structural transformation of education’s place in the public sphere, and education as revolution and enlightenment.

About the Authors

Charles L. Lowery is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Virginia Tech, USA.

Jeffrey S. Brooks is Head of School at the School of Education at Curtin University, Australia.

Chetanath Gautam is Associate Professor of Educational Leadership at Delaware State University, USA.

Alan J. Daly is Professor at University of California, San Diego, USA

Robert White is Endowed Professor at Elizabeth City State University, North Carolina, USA.