Leadership Guided by Courage: A Challenge to Instantaneous Perfection
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https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v41i2.52514Abstract
The search for magic bullets and quick fixes, that is, instantaneous perfection, reflects the insatiable thirst for immediate solutions. These demands in education, generally, and in educational leadership, specifically, result in limited, technocratic, rather than adaptive leadership. The No Child Left Behind Act (passed into law in 2002 in the United States) is a clear example of instantaneous perfection. This manuscript's methodology links theory and practice through personal observation as a school superintendent and as a college professor in deconstructing instantaneous perfection and leadership. Using the concept and analysis of courage, defined as wisdom, passion, and hope, suggestions are provided as to how to resist instantaneous perfection's dominant practices among educational leaders.
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2018-05-17
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