Transformative Leadership

Contents: Carolyn M. Shields: Transformative Leadership: An Introduction - Jill Blackmore: Leadership in Pursuit of Purpose: Social, Economic and Political Transformation - Paul R. Carr: Transforming Educational Leadership Without Social Justice? Looking at Critical Pedagogy as More Than a Critique, and a Way Toward «Democracy» - Erica Mohan: From Cowardice to Courage: Breaking the Silence Surrounding Race in Schools - David Requa: Radical Leadership on the Borders of Difference - Anish Sayani: Transformative Leadership and Identity - Lyse Langlois: Looking at Transformative Leadership Through the Concept of Ethics - Steve Rayner: Managing Educational Diversity: Developing Transformative Leadership and Professional Praxis in the 21st-Century Learning Community - Deneca Winfrey: Unwrapping Tradition: Shifting from Traditional Leadership to Transformative Action - Jerry Starratt: Preparing Transformative Educators for the Work of Leading Schools in a Multicultural, Diverse, and Democratic Society - Daniel Reyes-Guerra/Ira E. Bogotch: Curriculum-Inquiry as a Transformative Educational Leadership Skill - Michael Dantley: Transformative Instructional Leadership: A Critical and Spiritual Engagement - Anne Marie Tryjankowski: Transformative Leaders in Bureaucratic Environments: A Juxtaposition of Assessment Leadership - Eric J. Weiner: Critical Thought/Creative Action: Developing a Curriculum and Pedagogy of Transformative Leadership - Andrew J. Barrett: Transformative Leadership in the Land of Milk and Honey: The Tension Between Public and Private Goods in Affluent School Communities - Paula D. Bieneman: Transformative Leadership: The Exercise of Agency in Educational Leadership - Iris H. Jun: Transformative Leadership in a Diverse Setting - Claire Lapointe: Northern Lights and Shooting Stars: Observing Educational Leaders in the North - Shirley R. Steinberg: Redefining the Notion of Youth: Contextualizing the Possible for Transformative Youth Leadership - Jorunn Møller:

Carolyn M. Shields is Dean of the College of Education at Wayne State University. She has worked at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Utah. She is past president of the Canadian Association for Studies in Educational Administration, and a fellow of the Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management. Her teaching and research are in the area of transformative leadership, deep democracy, equitable policy, social justice, and research methodology and focus on how educational leaders can create learning environments that prepare students for excellence and citizenship in our global society. These interests are reflected in hundreds of presentations and publications including seven books. She has been recognized for her teaching and her career contributions to the field of educational leadership.