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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. 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 communitiesInviting 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.
Introduction
Introduction
Reading can be a passive experience, in a way that conversation is not. This book will lose much of its point if you passively assimilate the ideas in it. I hope you will be challenged and stimulated to think for yourselves about values in educational leadership, in the way that you would be in a direct conversation.
Let's start with your reasons for picking up this book. I shall assume that you are someone who is in a leadership role in education, or aspires to be in such a role. Of course, your interest may be less direct than that. Perhaps you are studying education in an academic course without intending to take a leadership role. If so, you will still find a lot in ...
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