Transformative Leadership in Education

This third edition once again explores the concept of transformative leadership theory and its potential to help all aspiring and practicing leaders create inclusive, equitable, and socially just learning environments in the face of the uncertain and complex world of education today.

Carolyn M. Shields is Professor Emerita of Educational Leadership in the College of Education at Wayne State University, Detroit, USA, where she has been focused on equity, excellence, and inclusion throughout her career.

Preface Online Support Materials Acknowledgments 1. Living in a World of Unfulfilled Promises: Examining the Context for Educational Leadership 2. Transformative Leadership as an Equitable, Inclusive, and Socially-Just Response to a VUCA World 3. Deep and Equitable Change: A Moral Reckoning 4. Deconstructing and Reconstructing Knowledge Frameworks to Promote Equity 5. Making Power a Positive and Moral Force 6. Promoting Both Private and Public Good: Creating Inclusive School Communities 7. Establishing a Climate of Democracy: Emancipation, Equity, and Justice 8. Recognizing Interconnectedness and Interdependence in our Global Community 9. Optimism, Hope, Critique, and Promise 10. Moral Courage: A Desperately Needed Quality 11. Putting it Together 12. Conclusion 13. Afterword: Transformative Leadership Survey