Critical Leadership Perspectives May Enable New, More Equitable Educational Futures

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

An international group of educational researchers have contributed to a current handbook (citation redacted) that critiques historic injustices and offers new perspectives on educational leadership. For this interactive session, comprising introductory comments and small group discussion (not paper presentations), traditional critical theory-inspired thinking will be applied to issues such as colonization, managerialism, and other forms of educational exclusion that inform our current challenges. For example, recent attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and efforts to dismantle public and democratic schooling will be addressed. Authors will employ various methodologies (indigenous perspectives) and theoretical perspectives to both critique current policies and practices and envision more equitable educational futures.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Leadership for Social Justice

Chair

• Carolyn M. Shields, Wayne State University

Papers

• Colonization and Indigenous methodology - Mere Berryman, University of Waikato; Robert B. Donmoyer, University of San Diego

• Democratic and inclusive school leadership - Dilys Schoorman, Florida Atlantic University; Betty M. Merchant, University of Texas - San Antonio; Olof CA Johansson, Umeå universitet

• Leading for Equity, Inclusion, and Human Rights - Margaret Grogan, Chapman University; Steve Sider, Wilfrid Laurier University; Jhonel Morvan, CSCNO - Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario

• Using a Critical Lens - Zeus Leonardo, University of California - Berkeley; Jonathan Desmon Russell Pérez, The School of The New York Times; Khalid Husny Arar, Texas State University

Session Organizer

• Carolyn M. Shields, Wayne State University

Discussant

• Carolyn M. Shields, Wayne State University