Emphasizing Social Justice and Equity in Leadership for Early Childhoo - Taking a Postmodern Turn to Make Complexity Visible

This book highlights the urgent need to expand conceptions of leadership in early childhood to emphasize postmodern epistemology, a belief that equity starts by acknowledging and making diversities visible, and to unite leadership in a commitment to work for social justice.

List of contents

Contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Anchors for Expanding Conceptualizations Leadership in Early Childhood
Chapter 2: Multiplicities, Tensions and Uncertainties in Leadership Practice: Building a Conceptual Toolbox to Support Reflection and Critical Praxis
Chapter 3: Intersectional Identities in Leadership
Chapter 4: Inserting Equity and Social Justice into Conceptualizations of Leadership
Chapter 5: Expanding Conceptions of Leadership in Everyday Practice
References
About the Author

About the author

Julie Nicholson is deputy director for WestEd's Center for Child and Family Studies.

Summary

This book highlights the urgent need to expand conceptions of leadership in early childhood to emphasize postmodern epistemology, a belief that equity starts by acknowledging and making diversities visible, and to unite leadership in a commitment to work for social justice.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholson, Julie Nicholson, Nicholson Julie
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781498535519
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3551-9
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: children, Pre-school & kindergarten, Pre-school and kindergarten