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Leadership as Lunacy: And Other Metaphors for Educational Leadership

Leadership as Lunacy: And Other Metaphors for Educational Leadership

by Fenwick W . English (Author), ProfessorJackyLumby (Author)

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Synopsis

Leadership as Lunacy: And Other Metaphors for Educational Leadership is an innovative look at leadership models and behaviours-and what school leaders and stakeholders alike can learn from them.

The authors guide readers on a journey of intellectual pyrotechnics, drawing you through historical perspectives and cognitive possibilities that inspire, resolve, confuse, and provoke reflection on the state of leadership in education. The authors examine:

- Various interpretations of metaphor and how metaphors have been used to define leadership

- The current debate and discourse pertaining to educational leadership models

- How metaphors can stimulate reflection and inspire self-growth.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 176
 Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 25 Aug 2010
ISBN 10: 1412974275
ISBN 13: 9781412974271

Media Reviews
Lumby and English have exposed the power of language to shape meaning, engage, and enrich. Their work is an important contribution to how we understand and practice leadership in all fields. -- Steven R. Thompson, Coordinator, School Leadership Program
This book will challenge, enlighten and transform. Ultimately, the authors invite us to re-examine our core values and place the humanity of children at the center of our work. -- Nancy Skerritt, Assistant Superintendent
Authors Jacky Lumby and Fenwick English look at educational leadership through the lens of language and how metaphors have sometimes limited and stymied the true meaning of education and what educational leaders can and should be working to achieve. -- Lydia Cross, Director, Graduate Academic Services Center * NACADA Journal *
Author Bio
Jacky Lumby (Ph.D. University of Leicester) is Professor of Education and Head of the School of Education at the University of Southampton, UK. She has taught and led in a range of educational settings, including secondary/high schools, community and further/technical education. She has also worked for a Training and Enterprise Council, with a regional responsibility for developing leaders across the public and private sectors. She has researched and published widely on educational policy, leadership and management in schools and colleges, in the UK and internationally. Her work on leadership encompasses a range of perspectives, including diversity issues, comparative and international perspectives and leading upper secondary education. She has co-edited International handbook on the preparation and development of school leaders (2008). Her most recent book is, with Marianne Coleman, Leadership and Diversity: Challenging Theory and Practice in Education (2007). She is co- editor of the journal International Studies in Educational Administration and a member of the Council of the British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society. Fenwick W. English (Ph.D.) is the R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership in the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a position he has held since 2001. As a scholar/practitioner he has held positions as a school principal and superintendent of schools in California and New York and as a department chair, dean, and vice-chancellor of academic affairs at universities in Ohio and Indiana. He is the former President of the University Council of Educational Administration (UCEA) and of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA). His research has been reported in national and international academic forums. He edited the 2006 SAGE Encyclopedia of Educational Leadership and Administration, the 2009 SAGE Library of Educational Thought and Practice: Educational Leadership and Administration; and the 2011 SAGE Handbook of Educational Leadership (2nd Ed.). In 2013, he received the Living Legend Award from NCPEA for his lifetime contribution to the field of educational leadership.