Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces: Leadership Identity in Learning and Teaching...

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Dr Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK) Dr Anesa Hosein (University of Surrey, UK)

Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces

Leadership Identity in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Dr Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University, UK), Dr Anesa Hosein (University of Surrey, UK), Professor Ian M. Kinchin (University of Surrey, UK)

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Bloomsbury Academic
26 December 2024

Higher & further education, tertiary education

Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces provides theoretically-informed personal narratives of 11 emerging and established leaders in learning and teaching in Australia, Finland, New Zealand, Singapore, the UK and the USA. The academics’ narratives focus on how the individuals have navigated to their current leadership role in learning and teaching whilst negotiating contested identities, such as gender, and physical and social marginalised spaces, such as interstitial (middle) leadership positions.

These international narratives provide unique perspectives on the sense-making of academics as they reflect on their learning and teaching leadership journey and how these journeys are shaped by their contested identities and the marginalised spaces they inhabit. Often such identities and spaces are not recognised in higher education which may lead to even more isolating and challenging leadership journeys. The book contributes to our understanding of the subjective experiences that academics encounter in their leadership journeys. Further, the personal narratives included in the book capture how the contested identities and marginalised spaces influence the learning and teaching leadership practices in various educational, cultural and national contexts.

Edited by: Dr Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope University UK), Dr Anesa Hosein (University of Surrey, UK), Professor Ian M. Kinchin (University of Surrey, UK)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 232mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781350197022
ISBN 10: 1350197025
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 26 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Namrata Rao is Principal Lecturer in Education at Liverpool Hope University, UK. Anesa Hosein is Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the University of Surrey, UK. Ian M. Kinchin is Professor in Higher Education at the University of Surrey, UK.

Reviews for Narratives of Academics’ Personal Journeys in Contested Spaces: Leadership Identity in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Offering accessible analyses of lived experiences at the intersection of contested identities and contested spaces, the authors of these chapters name and wrestle with complexities, uncertainties, and possibilities in ways that invite and challenge all of us to do the same. -- Alison Cook-Sather * author of Co-Creating Equitable Teaching and Learning * Teaching and learning in higher education is often overshadowed by the emphasis given to research in global ranking systems. How refreshing therefore are the narratives of eleven emerging and established leaders in this core area, with personal insights into how they overcame barriers of coloniality, gender and positionality. -- Ruth Hayhoe * Professor, University of Toronto, Canada; President Emerita, Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong * This collection of reflective and honest leadership narratives is a valuable contribution to the emerging literature on leadership for learning and teaching. I recommend it to those holding such leadership positions, to those who provide leadership development, as well as to university managements. -- Sylva Frisk * Senior Lecturer/Distinguished Teacher in Social Anthropology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden *