educ 5336: educational leadership class 4 tuesday, september 30, 3008 dr. j. barnett
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EDUC 5336: Educational LeadershipClass 4
Tuesday, September 30, 3008Dr. J. BarnettDr. J. Barnett
Getting the Synapses Working….
• Make a T chart
• In small groups, from the perspective of a graduate student discuss and answer:
How is my life like a machine (rational, orderly)?
How is my life like a weather system (unpredictable, uncontrollable, with crises)?
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Paradigm
• A lens you examine through
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Positivist Paradigm
Looking at Leadership
There are universal
truths in what it
means to be
a leader
The truths are
generalizable to other contexts
Leadership can be
examined separate from its context
Predict and describe
behaviour/ traits of leaders /
leadership
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Social Constructivist Paradigm
Looking at Leadership
Reality is a social and
cultural construct
Leadership is social
constructs developed
through interactions
Context is Vital
Leadership is not real but is
actions and processes
attributed to others
Language Discourse tells us a
lot
Perspectives of Leaders
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Critical Paradigm
Looking at Leadership
Power dynamics
need to develop new constructs /
ideas
is political and a form of activism;
activism by resistance and
change
Research is not value free
deconstruct hidden
assumptions / class based
society
Marxism; how economics, capital and market drive the social
Feminist theory – Critical Race Theory – Critical Cultural Studies ….
Oppression exists – need to bring about empowerment
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Postmodern Paradigm
Looking at Leadership
emphasis on the subjective and
local experiences, history and
context, fluidity and change
universal truths don’t
exist beyond our perception
s
Bring Norms to light so they
can be examined
the ability of people to share
their existence
Focus on the direction for leadership;
should come from the community of
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Task
• Group A - take the Positivist Approach
• Group B - take the Social Constructivist Approach
• Group C - take the Critical Approach
• Group D - take the Postmodern Approach
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