TY - BOOK AU - Giles,David L. TI - Relational leadership in education: a phenomenon of inquiry and practice SN - 1138334073 AV - LB2806 .G46 2019 U1 - 371.2 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Abingdon, Oxon PB - Routledge KW - Educational leadership KW - Educators KW - Professional relationships KW - Teachers KW - School administrators N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Section I; Education as a critical context : --; 1; Introduction --; 2; The ideological context of educational relationships --; 3; Contemporary understandings of relationships and leadership --; Section II; The phenomenology of relationships : --; 4; Relationships : the essence of leadership --; 5; Relational leadership --; 6; Relational sensibilities --; 7; Ethical leadership: a rational way of being in leadership --; Section III; Intentional engagement : practices and strategies for enhancing relationships : --; 8; The relational nature of organizational culture --; 9; Relational approaches to professional development and learning --; 10; Embedding the phenomenological nature of relationships and leadership within postgraduate programmes for principals and educational leaders --; 11; Relationships in everyday teaching and leading: applications for curriculum, assessment and pedagogy --; 12; Looking back, Looking forward N2 - "Relational Leadership in Education considers 'relational leadership' within the context of education, critiquing the current ideological 'context' and contemporary understandings of its influence. Employing a phenomenological approach, this book explores the relational nature of education, relational leadership, and the organisational culture to provide a more sophisticated exploration of practice-based wisdom. It offers an extensive range of activities for further thinking on the experiential nature of relational leadership, grouped around a number of themes" -- ER -