Education Futures for School Leadership

“Couture and Murgatroyd boldly take advantage of the work being done worldwide to better understand and apply futures literacy. This book makes a timely and inspiring contribution to rethinking the relationships entangling leadership, learning, and imagining the future.” —Riel Miller, PhD, Former Head of Futures Literacy, UNESCO. “The authors have found the perfect balance between theory, conceptual frameworks, case studies, and activities. This book is of great use to the teacher, curriculum designer, leader, policymaker, principal, and indeed, the student. Every chapter wisely consists of theory, method, case study, and activities. The book is both rigorous and easy to use. I strongly recommend this book.” —Sohail Inayatullah, PhD, UNESCO Chair in Futures Studies at the Sejahtera Centre for Sustainability and Humanity at International Islamic University Malaysia. “For busy school leaders, the field of future studies has often seemed barrenly speculative and exasperatingly impractical—until now. This new gem of a book by tested change leaders J-C Couture and Stephen Murgatroyd is bristling with the perfect blend of conceptual breakthroughs and down-to-earth guidelines that make it an instant classic. Best of all, the book is a real page-turner, with writing so energetic and messages so exciting that you just can’t wait to see what you will be learning next. Education Futures for School Leadership is a welcome addition to every thinking person’s bookshelf.” —Dennis Shirley, Research Professor, Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Boston College