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Research Summary: Reimagining Educational Leadership through Fei Xiaotong’s “Chaxu Geju”: A Global South Epistemology of Relational Governance
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- Educational Administration Quarterly
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- Aziz Shuaib Ausi
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- 13 August 2026
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- 22 September 2026
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Research from Educational Administration Quarterly introduces Fei Xiaotong's 'chaxu geju' (differential mode of association) as a foundational epistemological concept for understanding educational administration and leadership within the Global South. This concept offers an alternative framework to prevailing Western models, emphasizing relational governance.
Why it matters
This research is strategically important because it introduces a non-Western epistemological framework for leadership and governance, which can offer nuanced perspectives relevant to diverse global contexts. Embracing such frameworks can lead to more effective and culturally appropriate strategies in educational administration and potentially other sectors operating within or drawing insights from the Global South.
Key insights
- The article proposes Fei Xiaotong's 'chaxu geju' (differential mode of association) as a distinctive epistemological basis.
- This concept is applied to educational administration and leadership, specifically within the context of the Global South.
- It presents an alternative framework to traditional Western-centric perspectives on governance and leadership.
Source
Educational Administration Quarterly — https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0013161X261477442?ai=2b4&mi=ehikzz&af=R
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