| Ethical Leadership Contributor(s): Starratt, Robert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787965642 ISBN-13: 9780787965648 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2004 Annotation: In Ethical Leadership, Robert Starratt-one of the leading thinkers on the topic of ethics and education-shows educational leaders how to move beyond mere technical efficiency in the delivery and performance of learning. Starratt explains that educational leadership requires a moral commitment to high quality learning for all students-a commitment based on three essential virtues: proactive responsibility; personal and professional authenticity; and an affirming, critical, and enabling presence to the workers and the work involved in teaching and learning. He clarifies how essential these virtues are for leadership in the pressure-cooker of high-stakes schooling. He provides a vivid illustration in the story of a principal who struggles to do the right thing for his students and teachers, as they are pressured-and often punished-by state mandated tests. Starratt concludes by offering practical suggestions for aspiring and working leaders. Ethical Leadership is part of the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education. "Starratt's deeply felt book helps leaders explore their own humanity and humane responsibilities to others while working in contemporary school settings." "This book provides a brilliant fusion of the philosophical and the practical in analyzing the ethical and moral dimensions of educational leadership. The foundational ethics of authenticity, responsible and presence provides a new and very creative framework for the practice of moral leadership. A must read." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Leadership - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects - Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy |
| Dewey: 174.937 |
| LCCN: 2004003234 |
| Series: Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.42" W x 9.04" (0.49 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Ethical Leadership, Robert Starratt--one of the leading thinkers on the topic of ethics and education--shows educational leaders how to move beyond mere technical efficiency in the delivery and performance of learning. He challenges educators to become ethical leaders who understand the learning process as a profoundly moral activity that engages the full humanity of the school community. Starratt explains that educational leadership requires a moral commitment to high quality learning for all students--a commitment based on three essential virtues: proactive responsibility; personal and professional authenticity; and an affirming, critical, and enabling presence to the workers and the work involved in teaching and learning. He clarifies how essential these virtues are for leadership in the pressure-cooker of high-stakes schooling. He provides vivid illustration by beginning and ending the book with a morality play, the narrative of a principal who struggles to do the right thing for his students and teachers, as they are pressured--and often punished--by state mandated tests. Starratt concludes by offering practical suggestions for working leaders as well as preservice and inservice courses in educational leadership. This book is a volume in the Jossey-Bass Leadership Library in Education--a series designed to meet the demand for new ideas and insights about leadership in schools. |