Drawing from lessons in the arts and the humanities, English and Ehrich explore how educational decision-making in schools can be informed by identity, personal competence, and an understanding of the field's intellectual foundations.

Fenwick W. English is the R. Wendell Eaves Senior Distinguished Professor of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

Lisa Catherine Ehrich is Associate Professor of Education at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1 Connoisseurship Revealed

Chapter 2 A Typology of Connoisseurship

Chapter 3 Educational Leaders as Connoisseurs

Chapter 4 How Artists and Leaders Think and Work

Chapter 5 Portraits of Artists

Chapter 6 Portraits of Connoisseurs of Leadership Performance

Chapter 7: Connoisseurship Vs Corporate Managerialism

Chapter 8 Leading Beautifully: The Cosmogony of Connoisseurship

Epilogue: Final Lessons on Connoisseurship

Appendix

About the Authors

Index