The Ethical Dimensions of School Leadership

Among the many significant features of this volume is the dedication to the late Don Willower, Professor of Education at Pennsylvania State University. It is significant in light of Willower’s long record of major contributions to the empirical literature

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STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP VOLUME 1 Series Editor Kenneth Leithwood, OISE, University of Toronto, Canada

Editorial Board Christopher Day, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom Stephen Jacobson, Graduate School of Education, Buffalo, U.S.A. Bill Mulford, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Peter Sleegers, University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands

SCOPE OF THE SERIES Leadership we know makes all the difference in success or failures of organizations. This series will bring together in a highly readable way the most recent insights in successful leadership. Emphasis will be placed on research focused on pre-collegiate educational organizations. Volumes should address issues related to leadership at all levels of the educational system and be written in a style accessible to scholars, educational practitioners and policy makers throughout the world. The volumes – monographs and edited volumes – should represent work from different parts in the world.

THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP

Edited by

PAUL T. BEGLEY The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada and

OLOF JOHANSSON Department of Political Science, University of Umea, Sweden

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In Memory of Donald J. Willower

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Contributors

ix

Acknowledgements

xi

Foreword EDWARD HICKCOX

xiii

Introduction: New Expectations for Democratic School Leadership in a Global Community PAUL T. BEGLEY and OLOF JOHANSSON

xv

PART 1: EXPLAINING THE ETHICAL DIMENSIONS OF SCHOOL LEADERSHIP In Pursuit of Authentic School Leadership Practices PAUL T. BEGLEY

1-12

Democratic Leadership Theory in Late Modernity: An Oxymoron or Ironic Possibility? ROBERT J. STARRATT

13-31

Persistent Difficulties with Values in Educational Administration: Mapping the Terrain MALCOLM J. RICHMON

33-47

Reflective Practice: Picturing Ourselves CYRIL P. COOMBS

49-65

PART 2: CONCEPTS OF SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATION Community, Coherence, and Inclusiveness KENNETH A. STRIKE Deconstructing Communities: Educational Leaders and their Ethical Decision-Making Processes JACQUELINE A. STEFKOVICH and JOAN POLINER SHAPIRO Let Right Be Done: Trying to Put Ethical Standards into Practice ELIZABETH CAMPBELL vii

69-87

89-106

107-125

viii Valuing Schools as Professional Communities: Assessing the Collaborative Prescription LAWRENCE J. LEONARD and PAULINE E. LEONARD

127-142

PART 3: CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON EDUCATIONAL CO