The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy

Servant leadership is a concept deeply rooted in ancient history and Greenleaf revitalized this practice in modern-day organizations. In this paper, we seek to identify how a servant leader, or servant teacher can draw lessons from critical pedagogy and how through various pedagogical interventions...

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Main Authors: Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph, Gandolfi, Franco
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Published: Routledge 2022
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103739/
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description Servant leadership is a concept deeply rooted in ancient history and Greenleaf revitalized this practice in modern-day organizations. In this paper, we seek to identify how a servant leader, or servant teacher can draw lessons from critical pedagogy and how through various pedagogical interventions they can serve as critical pedagogues. Critical pedagogues are guided by the spirit of social justice and aim to impact social change through education. They transform inequitable, undemocratic, or oppressive institutions and social relations by inviting students to critically reflect and act upon their immediate situations. This conceptual paper focuses upon a list of key attributes of servant leadership and how these refer to the literature surrounding critical pedagogy. A deeper, more systematic exploration of servant teaching and critical pedagogy has shown that both concepts champion similar ideals and are in fact guided by a similar spirit which call for a learner-driven approach that purports to empower and impact surrounding communities.
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spelling upm-1037392023-04-19T03:22:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103739/ The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph Gandolfi, Franco Servant leadership is a concept deeply rooted in ancient history and Greenleaf revitalized this practice in modern-day organizations. In this paper, we seek to identify how a servant leader, or servant teacher can draw lessons from critical pedagogy and how through various pedagogical interventions they can serve as critical pedagogues. Critical pedagogues are guided by the spirit of social justice and aim to impact social change through education. They transform inequitable, undemocratic, or oppressive institutions and social relations by inviting students to critically reflect and act upon their immediate situations. This conceptual paper focuses upon a list of key attributes of servant leadership and how these refer to the literature surrounding critical pedagogy. A deeper, more systematic exploration of servant teaching and critical pedagogy has shown that both concepts champion similar ideals and are in fact guided by a similar spirit which call for a learner-driven approach that purports to empower and impact surrounding communities. Routledge 2022 Article PeerReviewed Jeyaraj, Joanna Joseph and Gandolfi, Franco (2022) The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 25 (1). 88 - 105. ISSN 1360-3124; ESSN: 1464-5092 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13603124.2019.1690702?journalCode=tedl20 10.1080/13603124.2019.1690702
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The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy
title The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy
title_full The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy
title_fullStr The servant leader as a critical pedagogue: drawing lessons from critical pedagogy
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