School Leadership for Democratic Education in South Africa explores the democratization and modernization of education in South Africa, analysing the state of school leadership in South African schools from the time of the new democratic education dispensation in 1994 to the present day.

This book presents insights into the experiences and perspectives of educators in formal positions of leadership involved in decision-making processes in an education system.

This book examines the subject of school leadership as a profession. It tackles questions of what it means to be professional and to work within a profession, and how school leadership fits within these definitions.