EDAD+7303+Diversity+in+Leadership

[|Dr. Trae Kendrick]

**COURSE DESCRIPTION:** This course will examine the cultural shifts in thinking, learning, and doing currently taking place in our global economy. The focus will not be on traditional racial and ethnic perspectives of culture, but rather the powerful diversity in the way today’s students learn. The emphasis of this course will be the P-16 leadership imperatives created by these changing trends, and the learner and leader skills required to be productive and successful in the 21 st century.

Creating a New Vision for Public Education in Texas: A Work in Progress for Conversation and Further Development (2008). Texas Association for School Administrators/Texas Leadership Center, Austin, Texas. Available at []. > Riverhead Books.
 * REQUIRED READING**:
 * Gardner, H. (2007). **//Five minds for the future.//** MA: Harvard Business Press
 * Palfrey, J., & Gasser, U. (2008). **//Born digital.//** NY: Basic Books.
 * Pink, D. (2006). **//A whole new mind: Why right brainers will rule the future.//** New York:

Roggio, R., Chaleff, I., & Lipman-Blumen, J. (2008). **//The art of followership: How great followers create great leaders and organizations.//** San Francisco, Jossey Bass.
 * LEAD READ**