The University of the West Indies Press
Reimagining Educational Leadership in the Caribbean
Canute S. Thompson
Reimagining Educational Leadership in the Caribbean
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In Reimagining Educational Leadership in the Caribbean, Canute S. Thompson contends that postmodernism ought to be the guiding construct in considering leadership in education and management. Postmodernism challenges convention, embraces otherness and champions the diversification of authority. Educational leadership in a postmodern era must be informed by an approach of radical inclusivity and power sharing. This approach is predicated on the assumption that students are capable of offering meaningful suggestions for improvements in the processes of teaching and delivery of learning and that practitioners possess the knowledge and experience to inform policy. At the heart of this proposed new approach to educational leadership is the contention that zones of exclusive expertise have been overturned by the advent of postmodernism: the focus of assessments and the usefulness of ideas should not be on whose ideas they are but on the merits of these ideas, regardless of source.Drawing on his original theory of Proposition MRM (modelling, respect, motivation), Thompson explores issues that face educational and other leaders in the Caribbean in a manner that has not yet been undertaken so extensively. The author examines the relationship between Proposition MRM and various elements of educational policy and practice, including critical thinking, ethics, pedagogy, sustainable development, and technical and vocational education and training.Reimagining Educational Leadership in the Caribbean is practitioner-sensitive and is written in a non-technical style to be accessible to educators at all levels and others interested in social change.

Language
English
ISBN
9789766407223
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Introduction by Errol Miller
Chapter 1: Contextualizing the Task of Reimagining Educational Leadership in the Caribbean
Chapter 2: The Phenomenon of Postmodernism
Chapter 3: Leadership Approaches and Theories in Historical Perspective
Chapter 4: Proposition MRM
Chapter 5: Proposition MRM and Educational Leadership in the Caribbean
Chapter 6: Educational Leadership and the Future of the Caribbean
Chapter 7: A Concluding Word: Claiming a New Paradigm for Educational Leadership in the Caribbean
Afterword by Paula Shaw
Appendix: Students’ Questionnaire: Students’ Perceptions and Expectations of Leadership in a Postmodern Era
References
Index
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