Abstract:There are various ways school leadership is understood and practised in education systems worldwide. Any act of leadership that gives rise to something new is a creative leadership. Drawing on complex dynamical systems critical social theory perspective of Pierre Bourdieu, the chapter analyses the views of selected teachers and school leaders in five basic schools in Ghana to explicate the ways leadership is conceptualized and enacted in practice in their schools. Doing so, the chapter argues that leadership e… Show more
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