Educational Salvation: Integrating Critical Spirituality in Educational Leadership

Autor/inn/en	McCray, Carlos R.; Beachum, Floyd D.; Yawn, Christopher
Titel	Educational Salvation: Integrating Critical Spirituality in Educational Leadership
Quelle	In: Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 16 (2012) 1, S.90-114 (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1097-9638
Schlagwörter	Instructional Leadership; Urban Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Religious Factors; Spiritual Development; Educational Improvement; Poverty; Equal Education; Stress Variables; African American Community; Educational History; Religious Education; Creativity; Metacognition + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Armut; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Kreativität; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition
Abstract	Improving education for students in K-12 urban settings remains a slow-paced and difficult task, with many successes in student learning being episodic at best. The disconnect between government mandates to improve schools and persistent societal issues of poverty and inequity act to increase stress on teachers and educational leaders working in urban schools. Drawing upon the strengths of the African-American community and its collective historical experiences, this study explores creative ways to integrate spirituality in the education of students in urban schools. The authors begin by addressing the contextual and structural issues facing urban schools. They then explain the benefits of integrating the four elements of critical spirituality--critical self-reflection; deconstructive interpretation; performative creativity; and, transformative action--in educational leadership to enhance their work in urban communities. (Contains 1 figure.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Boston College. Roche Center for Catholic Education, 25 Lawrence Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Tel: 617-552-0701; Fax: 617-552-0579; e-mail: journal@bc.edu; Web site: http://www.bc.edu/catholicedjournal
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10