LEADER 04574nam 2200577 450 001 9910511327003321 005 20170918231442.0 010 $a1-4725-6827-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000541024 035 $a(EBL)4197998 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4197998 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000541024 100 $a20160113h20162016 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEducational leadership for a more sustainable world /$fMike Bottery 210 1$aLondon, England :$cBloomsbury Academic,$d2016. 210 4$dİ2016 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4725-6825-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover page ; Halftitle page ; Series page ; Title page ; Copyright page ; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; PREFACE; PART ONE Describing and Identifying the Problems; CHAPTER ONE Leading Sustainability, Sustaining Leadership ; Introduction: A leadership of pressure and paradox?; Sustainability through the greater recognition of complexity; Educational leadership and the evaluation of contrasting claims; An educational leadership response; CHAPTER TWO The Meanings of Sustainability and the Dynamics of its Decline ; Creating greater sustainability: Maintenance or change? 327 $aBusiness influences on the definition of sustainability Sustainability and educational leadership; Environmental influences on sustainability; From sustainability to unsustainability: The stressing of systems; Reaching crisis point; What can be learnt about the sustainability of educational leadership from such comparisons? ; Conclusions; CHAPTER THREE Tame, Wicked and Humble Leadership; Introduction; Living in a complex world; The tame and the wicked; Wicked problems; Tame and wicked distinctions, or tame and wicked continua?; The advent of super-wicked problems? 327 $aChanging the nature of educational leadershipConclusion: Tame, wicked and humble leadership; CHAPTER FOUR Efficiency, Sufficiency and Educational Leadership; Introduction; Efficiency as an unsustainable concept; Efficiency in a wider societal role; Sufficiency as an imperative value; Sufficiency as a necessary but not a sufficient condition; Sustainability, sufficiency and changing leadership values; As many problems as answers; or as many answers as problems?; Reflecting on macro-problems; PART TWO Global Drivers of Unsustainability ; CHAPTER FIVE Cultures of Economic Growth and Consumption 327 $aIntroduction: Consumption, storage and clutterEconomic imperialism?; The concept of economic growth; (a) Description or prescription; (b) Do people always choose to consume, or are they persuaded into believing they must?; (c) What threats are posed by making consumerism a primary personal and social goal?; Final thoughts: Is consumption then really that good, or are there other goods more worth having?; CHAPTER SIX Global Energy Challenges; Introduction: Raising the flag; Is the challenge one of energy supplies, or one of EROI?; How quickly are we moving from 'easy' to 'tough' energy? 327 $aIt's not what's there, it's what you can access . . .International problems and national energy security; The future of unconventional energy sources; A super-wicked problem requiring a super-wicked response?; Energy trends, climate change and educational involvement; Energy and the impact on education; Educational localization; Final thoughts; CHAPTER SEVEN Climate Change and the Assessment of Evidence; Introduction; The problem of climate change from different perspectives; The role of the economist in climate change; Fuel usage, greenhouse gases and climate change 327 $aFurther confirmatory evidence 606 $aEducational leadership 606 $aSchool management and organization 606 $aEducation$xEnvironmental aspects 606 $aClimatic changes 606 $aSustainability 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEducational leadership. 615 0$aSchool management and organization. 615 0$aEducation$xEnvironmental aspects. 615 0$aClimatic changes. 615 0$aSustainability. 676 $a371.2 700 $aBottery$b Mike$0931836 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511327003321 996 $aEducational leadership for a more sustainable world$92550915 997 $aUNINA