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What are values? Where do our values come from? How do our values make a difference in education?
For educational leaders to achieve distinction in their practice, it is vital to establish clear personal values rather than reacting to the implicit values of others. This engaging book guides readers in considering the values they bring to their task and the values they intend to promote.
<strong><em>Values for Educational Leadership promotes critical thought and constructive analysis about underlying values that involve:
- Aims and moral purpose in education
- Individual qualities in educational leadership
- Vision in education
- School ethos and culture
- Schools as an educational communities
Inviting reflection using valuable case studies and work-through activities, this resource is ideal for anyone working toward professional qualifications such as NPQH and is invaluable for educators aspiring to excellence in educational leadership.
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Values for Educational Leadership
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Values for Educational Leadership Graham Haydon
Los Angeles • London • New Delhi • Singapore
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© Graham Haydon 2007 First published 2007 Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form, or by any means, only with the prior permission in writing of the publishers, or in the case of reprographic reproduction, in accordance with the terms of licences issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside those terms should be sent to the publishers. SAGE Publications Ltd 1 Oliver’s Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP SAGE Publications Inc 2455 Teller Road Thousand Oaks, California 91320 SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd B 1/I 1 Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area Mathura Road New Delhi 110 044 SAGE Publications Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd 33 Pekin Street #02–01 Far East Square Singapore 048763 Library of Congress Control Number: 2006938799 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN-978-1-4129-3467-1 ISBN-978-1-4129-3468-8 (pbk) Typeset by Pantek Arts Ltd, Maidstone, Kent Printed in India at Replika Press Pvt. Ltd. Printed on paper from sustainable resources
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Contents Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Values and their place in educational leadership What are values? Where do our values come from? Morality and ethics How do values make a difference in education? Summary Suggested further reading
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Educational aims and moral purpose The importance of aims and purposes The diversity of educational purposes Moral and political aims in schooling Moral purpose Summary Suggested further reading
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The individual leader Authority in leadership Characteristics of the good leader Principles in leadership Virtues in leadership Summary Suggested further reading
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Vision in education Interpreting ‘vision’ Challenges to the idea of vision The importance of shared vision An alternative vision Summary Suggested further reading
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School ethos and culture Ethos, climate an