Color-conscious paradigms of adult and educational leadership development through culturally relevant mentoring: Africentricity, and critical spirituality explored.

Phillip A Smith

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Color-conscious paradigms of adult and educational leadership development through culturally relevant mentoring: Africentricity, and critical spirituality explored.

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- Phillip A Smith
- Teachers College at Columbia University

Abstract

This conceptual paper draws on the indigenous wisdoms of the African Diaspora, and critical spirituality. It strives to formulate a new definition of culturally relevant mentoring for educational leadership development as applicable to the leadership development of Black male secondary school principals and other senior educational leaders.

Keywords: culturally relevant mentoring, Africentric adult learning, critical spirituality, educational leadership development

How to Cite: Smith, P. A. (2016) “Color-conscious paradigms of adult and educational leadership development through culturally relevant mentoring: Africentricity, and critical spirituality explored.”, Adult Education Research Conference. 1(2016).