Educational administration and social justice
- 1 July 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Education, Citizenship and Social Justice
- Vol. 1 (2) , 141-156
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197906064676
Abstract
After observing that texts in educational administration have largely failed to address the problem of the justice and fairness of social and educational arrangements, this article goes on to examine the necessary relationships between ethical leadership, community and the notion of social justice. Such relationships are argued to be necessarily political, although the field of leadership has historically seen administration as a substitute for politics. The relationship between social justice and disadvantage is examined, as are current approaches to community, choice and diversity. The importance of both redistributive and recognitional approaches to social justice is emphasized as a basis for a model of educational administration centred on the problem of the justice and fairness of social and educational arrangements.Keywords
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