Leading Socially Just Schools

The Role of Professional Learning and Growth

Christine Forde, Deirdre Torrance, Christine Forde, Deirdre Torrance

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN:
  9781032413495
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000924145
• Topic: Éducation
• Subtopic: Éducation générale

Equity and social justice have become central to the work of schools. Teachers and leaders are at the forefront of building socially just schools. Issues related to equity and social justice in education, however, are complex and deeply contested. Professional learning is critical to enable teachers and school leaders to develop the understandings, skills and confidence to grapple with often challenging issues. This book brings together a range of contributions from different systems. The contributors to this book explore ways in which professional learning can support efforts to bring about socially just schools. The authors adopt a variety of perspectives, with some looking at professional learning around a broad concept of social justice and the task of the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged learners. Other contributors explore the question of professional learning in relation to a specific issue or area of practice to raise awareness and deepen knowledge and skills. Barring one, all the chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the journal Professional Development in Education.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Citation Information
• Notes on Contributors
• Foreword
• 1 Introduction
• Leadership development and leading socially just schools
• Leading in socially just schools
• Teacher development to build practice in socially just schools
• Afterword: inserting social justice into professional development
• Index