multicultural approaches to educational leadership kathleen womack
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Multicultural Climate of Cyprus
Immigrants from…East AsiaEastern EuropeFormer Soviet UnionMiddle East
13.7% are non-Cypriots (2006)
History
2002 1st attempt at multicultural
education driven by gov. policy
2004 Commission for Educational Reform
2006 European Commission against
Racism & Intolerance (ECRI)
The Study
Qualitative
17 Elementary School Principals
Interviewed
Selection Based upon Diversity & Willingness
Focus Questions
What are the elementary school principals’ perceptions about multicultural education and
diversity?
Which leadership views do theseprincipals adopt in relation to
issuesof diversity and multicultural
educationat their school?
What is the relation between principals’
multicultural approach and their leadership style?
Multicultural Education Approaches
Conservative Liberal
PluralistCritical
Conservative Multiculturalism
Liberal Multiculturalism
Pluralist Multiculturalism
Critical Multiculturalism
Educational Leadership Styles
Transactional
Transformational
Values-Led
Critical
Transactional Leadership
Transformational Leadership
Values-Led Leadership
Critical Leadership
The
FIndIngs
become the change
Rethinking Schools
Teachers For Social Justice
Build the Wheel