(NOT)UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL SPACE Cover Image

(NIE)ROZUMIENIE ZJAWISKA PRZYWÓDZTWA W PRZESTRZENI EDUKACYJNEJ
(NOT)UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL SPACE

Author(s): Małgorzata M. Ptak, Mirosław J. Śmiałek
Subject(s): Pragmatism, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education, Pedagogy
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: educational space; wisdom; leadership; upbringing process; upbringing influences; interpersonal relations; pragmatism; values;

Summary/Abstract: In the contemporary and dynamic educational reality, also known as socialization, a young person (or is it just a young one [sic!]) in a process of gaining experience, instead of understanding the environment better with time, gets lost, has problems with self-determination, struggles between the important and the irrelevant, the desired and the redundant, good and harmful. The wisdom and educational experience, the educational process and recognized educational influences should become helpful. The pragmatism of the theory of cognition often allows for conclusions and reflections on every process of scientific cognition. In the area of axiology, it may constitute a “pillar of pedagogical initiation”. In view of the holistic format of the majority of educational phenomena, the subject as a balanced dialogue and consistent in the autonomy of leadership (especially educational!) fits perfectly well the latest theories and trends of modern pedagogical, psychological and social knowledge as well as theories of inter-/intrapersonal management. The above indications are the basis for a wise leadership in education and an upbringing in leadership. Knowledge of leadership issues, understood as the process of socialization, may wisely support and strengthen educational influences. Otherwise, by unwise influences, from the pedagogical point of view, something can be irretrievably lost and wasted.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 61
  • Page Range: 131-143
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish