Leadership of Place - by Kathryn Riley (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>The notion of 'place' is a powerful one: the place where we are from; the place where we live; the place where we would like to be. It raises issues of identity and belonging (or lack of it), and about roots and connections (or lack of them). In a world that is more uncertain, more liquid, less known, place matters.<br/><br/>This engaging and accessible book is the first of its kind to look at the role of place in schools and in the lives of young people today. Drawing on original research from the US, UK and South Africa, Kathryn Riley poses some tough questions to the practitioners who lead our schools, and to the politicians who decide the fate of our schools: <br/><br/>-Can schools create a space for young people to be safe and confident in who they are?<br/>-Can they help them find their place in the world and understand how to shape it?<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>In opening the door to a richly constructed intellectual space Kathryn Riley invites us to adventure beyond many of our own preconceptions to reach <i>beneath</i> the surface life of school communities, <i>beyond </i>the parameters of the school's containing walls and <i>within</i> the beliefs that are such powerful forces for maintaining 'the way we do things round here' or, alternatively seeing the unseen - what the Jewish theologian Abraham Heschel describes as 'insight' - the beginning of perceptions to come rather than the extension of perceptions gone by.<br/>'From the foreword by John MacBeath, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge, UK<br><br>Kathryn Riley ... presents us with a wide variety of ways in which place is experienced by young people and school leaders - all of which emerge from her decade of work with urban principals and students. The different experiences and definitions of place emerge in an evocative and powerful way in the stories that she tells throughout the book<br/>From the foreword by Karen Seashore Louis, Regents Professor and Robert H. Beck Chair, College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota, USA<br><br>Riley's book provides a fascinating insight into how these challenges have been conceptualized and tackled in different cultures; the changes described in the book are bound to affect more schools at an increasing rate, making this a valuable book for reflection to help school leaders understand the new challenges they will undoubtedly face in the coming years.<br/>Educational Management, Administration & Leadership<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p>Kathryn Riley is Professor of Education and Director of Research at the London Centre for Leadership in Learning, Institute of Education, University of London, UK. She is an international scholar and policy adviser who has also taught in innter-city schools and been an elected politician for London.</p>
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