Social Justice Leadership for a Global World

Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Judith A. Aiken, Cynthia Gerstl-Pepin, Judith A. Aiken

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Year: 2012
• Print ISBN:
  9781617359248
  9781617359255
• eBook ISBN:
  9781617359262
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Administration

The global economic meltdown has highlighted the interconnectedness of nations. This book seeks to provide an overview of topics, issues, and best practices related to defining social justice leadership given our increasingly global world. Refugees and immigrants from around the globe now inhabit schools and institutions of higher education across the nation and US students, teachers, and leaders are traversing international boarders both physically and virtually through international collaboration, technology, and exchange programs. Although there have been increased efforts and scholarship in support of diversity and multicultural awareness, these efforts have largely focused on the US. We acknowledge that many leadership theories are "domestic" in that they typically incorporate US perspectives or a single-culture description of effective leadership. This book provides a deeper understanding of diverse and multicultural perspectives as they relate to a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected economically, socially, and culturally. Particular attention is paid to providing specific strategies for social justice leaders working in PK-12 and/or higher education, and leadership preparation programs to promote effective leadership that reflects multicultural understanding of the diversity both within and outside the US. Within the context of leadership practice, internationalization offers new insights and ideas about leadership aims, processes, and competencies as a means for addressing equity concerns throughout PK-20 education.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Series page
• Social Justice Leadership for a Global World
• Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
• Dedication
• Contents
• Series Editor’s Preface
• Preface
• Section I: Frameworks for Conceptualizing Inequality
• Chapter 1: Sociocultural Factors Affecting Minority Achievement
• Chapter 2: Creating Safe LGBT School Environments for Students and Staff
• Chapter 3: Overcoming Cultural Collision in Educational Leadership
• Section II: International and Global Perspectives on Social Justice Leadership
• Chapter 4: Contested Power!
• Chapter 5: Instructional Leadership in American and Chinese Schools
• Chapter 6: Social Justice and Multicultural Leadership in Taiwan
• Chapter 7: Considering Incompatibility
• Chapter 8: Lessons from Differences
• Chapter 9: Crumbling Barriers
• Section III: Strategies for Developing Social Justice Leaders
• Chapter 10: Using Documentary Film to Teach Social Justice and Global Awareness in Educational Leadership
• Chapter 11: Transpositions Toward Becoming Leading Subjects
• Chapter 12: Learning from Failure
• Chapter 13: Transformative School Leadership
• Chapter 14: Preparing Culturally Competent Instructional Leaders
• Section IV: Strategies for K–12 Social Justice Leadership
• Chapter 15: Changing Complex Educational Systems
• Chapter 16: Cross-Boundary Leadership
• Chapter 17: Toward a More Perfect Union
• Chapter 18: Narrative Inquiry as a Culturally Relevant Leadership Strategy for Social Justice
• Chapter 19: Culturally Responsive Leadership Strategies to Promote Multicultural Teaching
• Section V: Strategies for Higher Education Social Justice Leadership
• Chapter 20: Think Justice
• Chapter 21: Using the Equity Scorecard to Identify and Close Gaps in Educational Outcomes
• Chapter 22: Making a Case for Education Evaluation with a Diversity Lens
• Chapter 23: Providing a Culturally Responsive Experience for Foreign Students in U.S. Higher Education
• Chapter 24: “Do You Hear What I Hear?”
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Index