Exploring wounding: The experiences of a Jewish educator.
Published: 2007
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780494273036
Subjects: Jewish educators -- Psychology.; Jewish educators -- Attitudes.; Distress (Psychology); Educational leadership.
Description: School leaders face numerous ethical dilemmas. While attention has been given to the process school leaders go through in order to respond to these dilemmas, little attention has been given to the emotional impact of ethical dilemmas on school leaders. This study explores wounding experiences of a Jewish educator in a Jewish supplementary school. Wounding refers to the emotional wound that occurs when a leader is faced with dilemmas that expect or demand responses that are counter to his or her values and beliefs. This study reveals that the supplementary school environment is complex and dilemma filled, and that wounding is pervasive in the leadership lives of Jewish educators. Specifically, the primary cause of wounding is the existence of a community culture that does not support the expression of the educator's values and beliefs. Educators regularly make choices that are in conflict with their values and compromise their personal integrity.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 45-06, page: 2734.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2007.

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