Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; 1 Contemporary educational leadership theory and practice; 2 Neo-liberal globalised education and the deficiencies of educational leadership patterns; 3 The dominance of transformative educational leadership; 4 On Lyotard, Foucault, and Derrida: Towards an educational leadership of critique; 5 Three case studies of transformative educational leadership in the realm of critical pedagogical actions. 6 Educational leadership in becoming --
on the potential of leadership in action7 Implications of an educational leadership in becoming for school and university governance and management; Index.

Educational Leadership in Becoming reconsiders educational leadership in its current forms, and presents a more plausible form of educational leadership to contend with the complexities currently found in universities and schools. Much of the literature in vogue concerning educational leadership ranges from transactional to transformative representations of the concept in relation to educational management and policy, curriculum inquiry and pedagogical action. The primary aim of this book is to revisit some of the dominant understandings of educational leadership and to offer an extended view of the practice along the lines of potentiality and becoming.