Transformative Praxis through Doctoral Educational Leadership Programs

'This important book connects doctoral programs to global social and economic challenges to offer a valuable new perspective on educational leadership within a powerful transformative framework.'

Professor Tony Bush, Editor-in-Chief, Educational Management, Administration and Leadership Journal

'This new book is a great new addition for our field - this text will be useful on all doctoral programs where staff teams and individual leaders taking part, are wanting to appreciate our ever-changing learning frontiers, and gain alignment despite these permanently shifting inside our neo-liberal systems.'

Deb Outhwaite, BELMAS Chair

'This book provides an invaluable and timely reflection on how leadership doctoral programs can be revitalised in profound, participatory and democratic ways. Drawing on the 'living laboratory' of Texas State University’s PhD in Educational and Community Leadership (EDCL) the book illustrates in profound ways how leadership doctoral education can be rethought as dialogic inquiry grounded in community epistemology. At a time when university doctoral programs that focus on leadership preparation, innovation AND equity are increasingly threatened, the book is a timely intervention in what is possible beyond the technocratic focus of so many leadership doctoral programs.'

Professor Jane Wilkinson,Monash University-Australia and Joint Editor, Journal of Education Administration and History

'This book traces the transformative journey of a doctoral program that centers equity, community, and cultural responsiveness in educational leadership. Through powerful personal narratives and critical scholarly reflections, the contributors demonstrate how doctoral education can become a catalyst for systemic change when it honors the lived experiences of diverse scholars and practitioners. This book is an essential read for anyone reimagining how we prepare educational leaders to navigate and transform today's complex learning systems.'

Jayson W. Richardson, PhD, Professor, Educational Policy, Planning and Leadership Department, William & Mary School of Education, Joint Editor, Journal of Educational Administration

'This book brilliantly traces the historiography of an educational leadership program—documenting its radical transformation from one that successfully prepared individuals to “perform” a particular function within an existing school system, to one that now prepares school leaders to fundamentally change institutions, structures, practices and mindsets to better serve student and community needs. In this book, we hear from the program’s faculty, students, and alumni as they reflect on this revamped program, its import, and its overall impact. I highly recommend this book for faculty, school leaders, community members, and anyone interested in learning about organizational change and the effect a single educational leadership program can have in schools and society as a whole.'

Professor Gerardo R. López, Editor, Education Administration Quarterly, Michigan State University