A Study of Rural High School Principals' Perceptions as Social Justice Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Albritton, Shelly; Huffman, Stephanie; McClellan, Rhonda
Titel	A Study of Rural High School Principals' Perceptions as Social Justice Leaders
Quelle	In: Administrative Issues Journal: Connecting Education, Practice, and Research, 7 (2017) 1, S.19-38 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2153-7615
Schlagwörter	Rural Schools; High Schools; Principals; Social Justice; Administrator Attitudes; Instructional Leadership; Preservice Teachers; Inservice Teacher Education; Case Studies; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Homosexuality; Sexual Identity; Sexual Orientation; Social Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; High school; Oberschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerfortbildung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Qualitative Forschung; Homosexualität; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung
Abstract	This multisite case study explores how rural principals in high poverty schools in a Southern state that had identified themselves as social justice leaders perceived student diversity, specifically LGBTQ students, and how they sustained a socially-just school climate for all students. Using a qualitative approach lent itself to understanding the principals' descriptions of themselves as social justice leaders in their respective school and community contexts through their conversations (Creswell, 2007; Marshall & Rossman, 2016). The investigators drew from Theoharis' (2007, 2009) and Bishop's (2012) studies to serve as the theoretical framework guiding this study. The results indicated that the principals in this case study struggled with recognizing LGBTQ students' needs and well-being. The findings in this study contain implications for preservice preparation and in-service professional development programs to draw upon social justice leadership theory and research to inform leadership practices when addressing external and internal resistance. Moreover, this study recognizes the need for leadership preparation programs to integrate critical self-consciousness (Freire, 2000) with purposeful reflection (Webster-Smith, 2011) as essential to the development of the social justice leader. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Southwestern Oklahoma State University. 100 Campus Drive PAX 208, Weatherford, OK 73096. Tel: 580-774-7175; Fax: 580-774-7020; e-mail: aij@swosu.edu; Web site: http://www.swosu.edu/academics/aij/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01