Leadership and religious schools : international perspectives and challenges

Leadership and religious schools : international perspectives and challenges / [edited by] Michael T. Buchanan.

"Leadership in religious schools is a complex and often misunderstood subject. Educational leaders must perform the dual task of encouraging religious identities while relating them to wider issues of citizenship. Religious identity needs to be made relevant to the whole school community--paren...

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Other Authors: Buchanan, Michael T.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York ; London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2013.
Subjects:
Church schools > Administration > Cross-cultural studies.
School management and organization > Cross-cultural studies.
Educational leadership > Cross-cultural studies.
EDUCATION > Leadership.
RELIGION > Christian Education > General.
Church schools > Administration
Educational leadership
School management and organization
Cross-cultural studies
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Foreword; Contributors; 1 Leadership and Religious Schools: Introducing Some Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges Michael T. Buchanan; 2 Responding to the Challenges of Globalization through an Education Anchored in Christian Anthropology Adrian-Mario Gellel; A world of change; The world of education; Implications for effective leadership in faith schools; The contribution of Catholic education; Catholic understanding of the human person; Implications for the Christian education-leader.
  • 3 The Miniaturization of Human Identity: The Human Subject as the Foundation for Leading and Learning Amidst Diversity Mario O. D'Souza CSBCultural shift; Human miniaturization; Human identity and the common good; The human subject as foundation; The human subject and leading and learning amidst diversity; Conclusion; 4 A Human Rights-Based Curriculum for Religious Schools: The Responsibilities of School Leaders Petro du Preez; Emerging human rights discourses and the changing roles of school leaders: Introductory comments.
  • Research in human rights education: From awareness, values and transformation to accountability and full responsibilityThe nature of a human rights-based curriculum; The dialectical nature of cultural and religious values andhuman rights values; The responsibilities of school leaders in a humanrights-based curriculum; Leading from the intersection: Some concluding reflections; 5 Adopting a Peace-Education Approach in Religious Schools: Perspectives from Bosnia-Herzegovina Pauline Kollontai; Models of religious schools; Controlling religious influences in state education.
  • A religious politicization of educationPutting peace education into the curriculum; The leadership challenge: Creating inclusive learning communities; Conclusion; 6 Education towards Peace Leadership: The Case of Jewish and Muslim School Students in Israel Yaacov Yablon; Peace education; The philosophy of peace education; Enhancing peace via contact between conflict groups; Affective aspects of peace-education programmes; Religion and peace building; Encounters between Israeli Jewish and Muslim pupils; Forms of peace-enhancing intervention; The role of school leadership; Conclusion.
  • 7 Loneliness, Solitude and Inclusion for Leaders Julian SternInclusion and exclusion: How to include without excluding; Selfhood, individualism and loneliness; Understanding loneliness of pupils, staff and school leaders; Good solitude and good loneliness; Conclusion: Overcoming and hosting loneliness; 8 Leadership Dimensions in the Exercise of Leadership in a Religious School Context Michael T. Buchanan; Religious leadership; Faith leadership; Spiritual leadership; Ministerial leadership; Curriculum leadership; Educational leadership; Conclusion.

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