Affordance: affinities

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The initial synthesis of educational leadership theory is based substantially on the typology of models developed by Bush (2020). Five of his six organisational categories are correlated with the worldview synthesis: Collegial, Formal, Political, Subjective and Ambiguity. The sixth Cultural model of organisational management is omitted from the original matrix (Bush, p169) but implicitly expanded to encompass the values and beliefs contained in the worldview synthesis as a whole, with intercultural applications to moral leadership which Bush identifies as the prevalent cultural model of leadership. A worldviews approach to reframing Bush’s typology critically affirms the theoretical pluralism of his original attempt at synthesis. It recognises that respective models resonate with specific worldviews and draws out the normative values-imbued aspect of each theory. It also provides a means of critically analysing deficiencies of educational leadership models relative to worldview as well as creatively exploring the dialogue between them in the search for creative contingency and interdependence.