Cultivating Imagination in Leadership: Transforming Schools and Communities

Edited by Gillian Judson, and Meaghan Dougherty

Foreword by Scott Brandon

Published by: Teachers College Press

Imprint: Teachers College Press

Sales Date: 2023-03-24

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Published: March 2023

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Imprint: Teachers College Press

Page Count: 216 Pages

Dimensions: 6.00 x 9.00

216 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 x 0.47 in

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ISBN: 9780807768044

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This comprehensive book provides a theoretical understanding of how imagination contributes to effective leadership, as well as practical tools all educational leaders can employ to cultivate their imaginations and the imaginations of others in their communities. To support these goals, book chapters offer multiple perspectives on what imagination is, why it is essential for educational leaders, and how it can be developed. Contributions by leadership scholars and school-based leaders are organized around three themes: exploring possibilities, poetics of memory, and imagination?s role in social justice and equity. Each section opens with a leadership story that shows how a school leader developed and used imagination to create solutions to real problems. Contributors to this volume were invited to read each other?s work and share their questions and thoughts. This work can now be used by individuals or within formal or informal learning communities to expand, deepen, and apply concepts. Expanding on Kieran Egan?s theory of Imaginative Education, this book will help current and future leaders employ imagination to make sense of and address the day-to-day challenges they encounter.

Book Features:

Brings together empirical and conceptual research on imagination?s varied roles in educational leadership.
Provides practical strategies and implementable techniques for cultivating leadership imagination.
Demonstrates what cognitive tools all leaders can use to deepen their understanding of issues, to emotionally and imaginatively engage their school communities, and to support equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Offers easy-to-use activities and guidelines for applying imagination to key leadership processes and practices.
Includes ?Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination? sections at the end of chapters to stimulate individual reflection and collaborative discussion.

Contents

List of Tables?ix
Foreword: Imagination and Educational Leadership Scott Brandon?xi
Preface Gillian Judson and Meaghan Dougherty?xiii
Introduction?1
Gillian Judson and Meaghan Dougherty

Part I: Exploring Possibilities

Imagination in Action: A Leadership Story?15
Lori Driussi

1.?Exploring the Possible in Leadership: Inviting Stories of Imagination?19
Gillian Judson, Craig Mah, Rose Pillay, Courtney Robertson, and Jonathan Sclater
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?33

2.?Exploring Possibilities: How School Leaders Employ Imagination to Build Thriving School Communities?37
Tara Preston
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?48

3.?A Leadership Journey Toward Innovation Through Wide-Awakeness, Curiosity, and Imagination?51
Karen Steffensen
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?61

Part II: Poetics of Memory

Imagination in Action: A Leadership Story?65
Craig Mah

4.?A Bridge Across Our Fears: Poetic Imagination as a Catalyst for School Change?67
Sarah Pazur
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?83

5.?Education Policy: Imagination, Creation, and Innovation?86
Dan Laitsch and Gillian Judson
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?100

6.?Embodying Imagination: Creative Leadership in Compassionate Action?102
Lynn Fels
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?113

Part III: Imagination?s Role in Social Justice and Equity

Imagination in Action: A Leadership Story?119
Moraima Machado

7.?Troubling Educational Leadership: Exploring Influences of Imaginative Practices on Equity and Social Justice?123
Zachary Thomas and James W. Koschoreck
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?132

8.?Rewilding Imagination: Reorienting Eco-Leadership in Education?135
Mark Fettes and Sean Blenkinsop
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?149

9.?Disrupting Deficit Through Radical Reimaginings of Urban Student Subjectivities and Knowledges?152
Kathryn Strom, Kara Viesca, and Jessica Masterson
Cultivating Curiosity, Conversation, and Imagination?167

Postscript and Possibilities?171
Laurie Anderson

Appendix. Cultivate Leadership Imagination With Cognitive Tools?179
Endnotes?185
Index?187
About the Editors and Authors?195