Book
Educational Leadership and Michel Foucault
(2015)
Abstract
Educational leadership and Michel Foucault by Donald Gillies (2013) examines the contemporary
discourse of educational leadership from the ideas of Michel Foucault. Foucault was a French
philosopher and literary critic. In this book, Gillies presents both theory and application of
Foucauldian theory to study educational organizations, social hierarchy, and human nature in
leadership roles. He highlights the hegemonic status of educational leadership associated with the
strategic planning and school outcomes. He views educational leadership through the lenses of
postmodernist ideas and concepts as plural discourses, instead of a single discourse. Gillies
challenges leaders on the current education stage to advance the dominant educational leadership
discourse by using Foucault’s concepts of discourse, discipline, power, and governmentality whether
they are from schools, academia, business, or government.
Keywords
- educational leadership,
- higher education
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2015
Publisher
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Citation Information
Buie, R., & Bista, K. (2015). Educational leadership and Michel Foucault. [Review of the book Educational leadership and Michel Foucault by D. Gillies]. International Journal of Teaching and Learning, 27(2), 98-99.