Multiculturalism and Multilingualism at the Crossroads of School Leadership: Exploring leadership theory, policy, and practice for diverse schools [Paperback]

This volume builds upon emergent understandings about educational leadership and policy in hopes of continuing to refine our understanding of what effective leadership means in linguistically and culturally diverse school contexts. The volume seeks to entrench a deeper understanding of the broader leadership policies and practices that promote the success of linguistically and culturally diverse students, while also recognizing that effective leadership can be highly dependent on context. It offers original empirical research that enhances an understanding of the interdependencies between leadership, culture, language, and policy (i.e., the mechanisms that engender or hinder successful stewardship of linguistic and cultural plurality).

 

Part 1: Introduction.- 1.Leadership for Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Schools in the Era of Transnationalism ; Jon C. Veenis.- Part 2: Exploring Educational Theory in Practice.- 2. Moral Leaders for Multicultural Britain: The Lives and Identities of UK South Asian Head Teachers; Lauri Johnson.- 3. A Bourdesian Approach to Educational Leadership in Culturally Diverse Schools; Peter Moyi, Rose Ylimaki, Suzy Hardie and Jintong Dou.- 4. Critical Moral Leadership: Toward Social Justice for English Learners; Gregory Wise and Charles L. Slater.- Part 3: Case Studies from Diverse Contexts.- 5. How School Leaders Leverage Resources for Social Justice, Equity and Access to Secondary Schooling in Belize: Implications for an Island Community;