Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times: (Re) Solving Moral Dilemmas

by Joan Poliner Shapiro

Educational leaders not only face moral and ethical decisions regarding their classrooms, schools, districts, and education institutions, but they also must consider the complexities and threats that impact their communities. In this unstable era of war, terrorism, natural disasters, accountability, and high stakes testing, this process is particularly daunting. Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times is an engaging, case-study based text that will assist leaders in their ethical decision-making processes during a time of turbulence and uncertainty. The book is framed by Gross’s Turbulence Theory and Shapiro and Stefkovich’s Multiple Ethical Paradigms of justice, critique, care, and the profession. Presenting clear explanations of theory in combination with authentic dilemmas developed by practitioners, this book will assist leaders in dealing with challenging situations in their own settings.



New in the Second





Expanded discussion of Turbulence Theory and addition of the most recent scholarship in the field of ethical leadership.



New cases addressing adequate yearly progress, misuse of student data, financial pressures, curriculum design, student safety, athletics, and social justice issues.



Updated end-of-case questions to reflect contemporary issues.



Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times is a valuable book for both aspiring and practicing educational administrators and leaders.

Genres: Leadership, Education

384 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ann Pickens · Rating 5 out of 5]

As far as educational leadership books or for that matter leadership books in general go, this one was a really useful. The ideas were well developed, theoretical frameworks explained. Examples were concrete and authentic to modern public education. Very little of the leadership fluff that is in most leadership books.

[Alexis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this for a graduate course on educational administration. It offers a range of thought-provoking scenarios for both teachers/instructors and admin in school settings to think about, i.e. a lockdown, teacher behavior(s), a suicide on campus, and a terrorist attack. It could've been more in-depth on how people involved in such scenarios might ethically respond to such scenarios; most of the book is focused on laying out the scenarios themselves. In contrast, it is an excellent conversation starter for teachers/admin looking with regards to professional development groups and/or coursework in education departments at colleges/universities.