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Moorosi, Pontso (2021) Representations of school leadership and management in Africa : a postcolonial reading. Research in Educational Administration and Leadership, 6 (3). pp. 692-722. doi:10.30828/REAL/2021.3.6 ISSN 2564-7261.
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Abstract
Perhaps one of the most scathing critiques on school leadership and management literature in Africa is its reliance on western models that do not quite fit the context, hence a lack of relevance. In this article I present a postcolonial reading of the representation of school leadership and management literature in Africa. The analysis suggests that school leadership and management literature in Africa is represented in deficient ways that do not promote indigenous ways of developing leadership and management knowledge and practice within the local education contexts. It argues that knowledge that is located in cultural and indigenous discourse might be more effective and more sustainable. A postcolonial understanding of educational leadership and management that acknowledges the cultural context as presented in this article builds on postcolonial scholarship, thereby addressing a gap in educational leadership and management. The paper ends with proposals for counter representations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Research in Educational Administration and Leadership | ||||
Publisher: | Turkish Educational Administration Research & Development Association | ||||
ISSN: | 2564-7261 | ||||
Official Date: | 30 September 2021 | ||||
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Volume: | 6 | ||||
Number: | 3 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 692-722 | ||||
DOI: | 10.30828/REAL/2021.3.6 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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