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Learning to Lead for Transformation takes an international and inclusive approach, exploring learning and educational leadership from different cultural and theoretical perspectives, from Habermas' theory of cognitive interests to Freire's approach to education and Ngara's decolonized epistemology and
Ubuntu-based developmental approach. Enriching his presentation with Japanese and Western examples, Ngara uses the African tradition of storytelling as well as engaging exercises to explore:
- The developmental approach to teaching and learning
- The link between the proposed pedagogy and leadership development
- The importance of relevant curriculum content
- The importance of approaches based on indigenous knowledge systems or cultural traditions.
Each topic is introduced with a "tuning in exercise", and the reader is guided to reflect on their own experiences and understanding throughout the book with discussion points and activities.
List of contents
Introduction
Part I: Understanding Education and Leadership1. Education for Development and Leadership
2. What is Leadership?
3. Leadership and Educational Leadership Theories
Part II: Approaches to Leadership4. Educating People for Domination
5. The Ubuntu Approach to Relationships and Leadership
6. Educating People to Serve - Servant Leadership
Part III: Education for Personal Leadership Development7. Discovering One's Purpose in Life
8. Personal Mastery, Self-Awareness and Leadership Qualities and Habits
9. Developing Leadership Intelligences
Part IV: Education for Transformational Organisational Leadership10. Vision and Organisational Leadership
11. Strategy as the Roadmap to the Desired State
12. Execution as the Key to the Actual Destination
Part V: Domain Leadership, Success and Value13. Educational Leadership, Issues and Principles
14. Leadership Development at Meso Level
15. A New Globalisatoin and a New Epistemology
References
Index
About the author
Emmanuel Ngara is a Commonwealth Scholar and a winner of the Senior British Council Fellowship, UK, as well as a former Fulbright Visiting Professor at Duke University, USA. He has held executive positions at the Universities of Fort Hare and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and at the University of Zimbabwe. He has also served as a diplomat and a higher education quality assurance chief executive officer.
Summary
Learning to Lead for Transformation takes an international and inclusive approach, exploring learning and educational leadership from different cultural and theoretical perspectives, from Habermas’ theory of cognitive interests to Freire’s approach to education and Ngara’s decolonized epistemology and Ubuntu-based developmental approach. Enriching his presentation with Japanese and Western examples, Ngara uses the African tradition of storytelling as well as engaging exercises to explore:
- The developmental approach to teaching and learning
- The link between the proposed pedagogy and leadership development
- The importance of relevant curriculum content
- The importance of approaches based on indigenous knowledge systems or cultural traditions.
Each topic is introduced with a “tuning in exercise”, and the reader is guided to reflect on their own experiences and understanding throughout the book with discussion points and activities.
Foreword
Explores educational leadership at personal, organisational and socio-cultural levels from the perspective of African practices and experiences.
Additional text
In this highly accessible and scholarly book [Ngara] brings his rich understanding of education and leadership to a wider international readership. He provides the reader with valuable insights into the Ubuntu approach to leadership – an approach which has important implications for all those with leadership roles not only in education but across professions.
