How can the idea of leadership be understood in the context of modern day schools? What can contemporary perspectives on knowledge and the nature of its acquisition offer the practicing educator? Between the Real and the Imagined examines the essence of what it means to be a leader. Drawing on a lived experience of the complexities that face those in leadership positions, it explores espoused aims and accepted practices and challenges conventional ideas of traditional and transformative approaches. Within a framework of narrative inquiry, the author describes, analyses and reconceptualises...