Educational Leadership as Social Justice Praxis: Mediating Social Injustices in Education Settings

• In Event: Considering Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in Leadership Preparation and Placement

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of social injustices as meta-narrative in educational settings and the positioning of educational leadership as mediational praxis and counter narrative against injustices. The study examined what constitutes social injustices, the nature of mediational praxis, and the intersection between injustice and social justice praxis. Narratives, as “social injustice” and “mediational” texts, were analyzed for language and action within/across discourse, illuminating patterns and relationships.

Author

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