Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology
Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education
Edward Ojuok Okanda 1 * , Joseph Munyoki Mwinzi 1, Samson Okuro Gunga 1
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1 University of Nairobi, Kenya
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Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 2021 - Volume 3 Issue 2, pp. 116-129
https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945

Article Type: Research Article

Published Online: 31 Dec 2021

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ABSTRACT
This study sought to analyze how strategic leadership can inspire ethical practices contained in Chapter Six of the Kenyan 2010 constitution, in the context of public primary teacher education. The philosophical method of phenomenology was utilized in this research. The study was carried out on 27 leaders within public primary teacher training colleges (TTC) and 8 regional education officers in Kenya who were selected purposively. The data were collected via a semi-structured interview, which is common in qualitative research. The data were analyzed using the thematic analysis technique, which involved examining the coded data in terms of identified themes and presenting the ideas in the form of tables and narratives. The findings indicated that strategic leadership can create an ethically sound environment that motivates ethical practices within primary TTC. The study proposes a philosophical model of strategic leadership that can influence the mindset of leaders and their subordinates to internalize ethical practices based on moral goodness and moral duty.
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strategic leadership ethical practices moral goodness and moral duty
In-text citation: (Okanda et al., 2021)
Reference: Okanda, E. O., Mwinzi, J. M., & Gunga, S. O. (2021). Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 3(2), 116-129. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Okanda EO, Mwinzi JM, Gunga SO. Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2021;3(2), 116-129. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
In-text citation: (1), (2), (3), etc.
Reference: Okanda EO, Mwinzi JM, Gunga SO. Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology. 2021;3(2):116-29. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
In-text citation: (Okanda et al., 2021)
Reference: Okanda, Edward Ojuok, Joseph Munyoki Mwinzi, and Samson Okuro Gunga. "Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology 2021 3 no. 2 (2021): 116-129. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
In-text citation: (Okanda et al., 2021)
Reference: Okanda, E. O., Mwinzi, J. M., and Gunga, S. O. (2021). Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education. Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 3(2), pp. 116-129. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
In-text citation: (Okanda et al., 2021)
Reference: Okanda, Edward Ojuok et al. "Strategic leadership: A critical ingredient for promoting ethical practices in teacher education". Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, vol. 3, no. 2, 2021, pp. 116-129. https://doi.org/10.33902/JPSP.2021274945
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