The Leader-Investigator: Using Leadership Studies as a Model for Conscientization Through Adaptive Leadership, the Four Frames Approach, Giving Voice to Values, and the Competing Values Framework

The topic of conscientization has been much explored in academic literature in a variety of contexts. What is less present in the conscientization literature are models of leadership that can inform implementation of conscientization in a more structured manner. This paper explores how four leadership models are relevant to educational leaders interested in implementing conscientization: Adaptive Leadership, the Four Frames Approach, GivingVoice to Values, and the Competing Values F ramework. If neoliberalism is to be combatted in education, then the language of neoliberals needs to be co-opted for the benefit of democratic education. By using Business Administration style models in the argument for conscientization, democratic educators have a common ground in which to present democratic ideas.
Introduction If I only I did what I can do, I wouldn't do anything --Jacques Derrida as cited in Giroux, 2013, para. 47 As neoliberalism, or serving the needs of [...]