ERIC Number: EJ935779
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Sep
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0042-0859
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Centering Love, Hope, and Trust in the Community: Transformative Urban Leadership Informed by Paulo Freire
Miller, Peter M.; Brown, Tanya; Hopson, Rodney
Urban Education, v46 n5 p1078-1099 Sep 2011
In this article, we suggest that communities must explore alternative leadership ideologies, actors, and venues to make meaningful academic and social improvements in our cities. We examine how themes from Paulo Freire's critical ideology can help expand our conceptualizations of educational leadership and facilitate pragmatic responses to complex urban dilemmas. To illustrate our claims, we provide two case examples of urban educational leadership that is guided by Freirean dialogical tenets of love, faith, humility, hope, critical thinking, and solidarity. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Instructional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Educational Improvement, Social Change, Urban Areas, Critical Theory, Ideology, Intimacy, Problem Solving, Systems Approach, Educational Practices, Criticism, Leadership, Educational Environment
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United States
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