Learning to Lead for Transformation: An African Perspective on Educational Leadership - Softcover

Emmanuel Ngara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1350264067 ISBN 13: 9781350264069

Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022

Synopsis

Learning to Lead for Transformation takes an international and inclusive approach, exploring learning and educational leadership from different cultural and theoretical perspectives, from Habermas’ theory of cognitive interests to Freire’s approach to education and Ngara’s decolonized epistemology and Ubuntu-based developmental approach. Enriching his presentation with Japanese and Western examples, Ngara uses the African tradition of storytelling as well as engaging exercises to explore:
- The developmental approach to teaching and learning
- The link between the proposed pedagogy and leadership development
- The importance of relevant curriculum content
- The importance of approaches based on indigenous knowledge systems or cultural traditions.

Each topic is introduced with a “tuning in exercise”, and the reader is guided to reflect on their own experiences and understanding throughout the book with discussion points and activities.

About this title

About the Author

Emmanuel Ngara is a Commonwealth Scholar and a winner of the Senior British Council Fellowship, UK, as well as a former Fulbright Visiting Professor at Duke University, USA. He has held executive positions at the Universities of Fort Hare and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and at the University of Zimbabwe. He has also served as a diplomat and a higher education quality assurance chief executive officer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1350264067
• ISBN 13: 9781350264069
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Sarah Heaton