The Educational Leader as Moral Architect: Developing Moral Literacy Through Ethical Dilemma Case Pedagogy

• In Event: 68.060 - Roundtable Session 29
  In Roundtable Session: 68.060-1 - Reframing Theories in Leadership Development

Abstract

The study reported examines the role of the education leader as moral architect, and the importance of moral literacy. The metaphor of Leader as moral architect was used to frame the study. The author examines of the moral dispositions necessary to the shaping the moral architecture of schools. The researcher used a two-tier case study design. Tier one examined moral literacy, moral architecture, and ethical dilemma perspectives in relation to fostering moral leadership. Tier two examined the participants’ experience in self-authoring ethical dilemma cases in understanding the leader’s role as moral architect.

Author

• Patrick M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University