Populism and Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy: International Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367568214 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 230 str.

Milley, Peter

Opis

This book explores theoretical and practical implications of a global resurgence of populism on educational leadership. Drawing together a wide range of international authors, it examines how sociocultural and political populist developments affect educational policies, organisations and administration around the world.

Spis treści

List of tables. Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction: studying the relationship between populism and educational policy and administration internationally. PART I: Theoretical foundations in application. 1. Educational populism as a policy configuration: the struggle against school absenteeism in France.  2. Authoritarian populism, body politics, and the assault on gender studies: toward a new progressivism in education and society.  3. Challenges facing educational leaders in an ethos of anti-intellectualism: populist leadership and the personalisation of power in Hungary.  4. Neoliberal crisis, the populist moment, and the challenge of educational leadership.  5. Populism on young people’s non-conforming behaviour as othering. PART II: Teaching issues.  6. Getting political: exploring how political savviness can help school district administrators counter-frame problematic populist policies.  7. Social foundations as preparation for school and community leadership: the urgency for deep learning in anti-intellectual times. PART III: Contemporary cases and issues.  8. Populist governance, caudillismo, and the crisis of education in Nicaragua: from the ideal of national purpose to political expediency.  9. Policymaking in higher education under neo-populism: a Brazilian experience.  10. Populism in Australian education: implications for educational leadership.  11. To surveil or not to surveil: educational surveillance in populist and nationalist times.  12. Conclusion: populism and educational leadership, policy and administration: influences, responses, and directions for scholarship and research. Index.