Abstract
Based on the concepts self-formation and phronesis (practical wisdom), this chapter argues against professionalizing leadership. Professionalization implies rules, guidelines, procedures, and accreditation standards in relation to contents, curricula and the pedagogy of education. It thus misconceives the role of leadership education to be only a question of acquiring epistemic (rational and universal) knowledge and skills while it fails to acknowledge technê as craft and art and local and situated awareness and sensitivity. Practical wisdom involves all dimensions. Leadership education is important because of its potential to nurture a creative, critical and responsible relation to the world. Leadership thus requires a practice-based educational program and a “free space” for experimentation, reflection and self-formation, which is inconsistent with turning leadership into a profession.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Professionalizing Leadership : Debating Education, Certification and Practice |
| Editors | Anders Ragnar Örtenblad |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Publication date | 2018 |
| Pages | 141-160 |
| Chapter | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-319-71784-5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-3-319-71785-2 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 |