ILA 8806 - Advanced Seminar in Global Instructional Leadership and Administration

3 Semester Hour(s)

The focus of the seminar is related to phenomena and processes in global educational systems. There is a focus on the interaction between leadership and culture, approached as a set of norms, a set of related practices, language and values, that marks gender, resilience, racial and ethnic groups, countries, and national and transnational social movements; why certain leaders and leadership styles have evolved; the roles of social movements, changes in societal views regarding leadership and what resources, if any, it offers global leaders. Students chose a topic in educational leadership at the international level and research their topic, construct a literature review, and complete a final project on the topic related to their dissertation.