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System leadership : policy and practice in the English schools system /
"'System leadership' (defined as 'leading beyond a single institution') is a feature of the English education system which has been heralded as both the solution to school improvement and an extension to the school leadership career ladder. However, claims that it evidences...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK ; New York, NY, USA :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2019.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Half Title; Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Introduction; 1 System Leaders: Leaders of a Profession, or Instruments of Government?; Introduction; The global governance environment; Reconfiguring not relinquishing control; Conceptual approach; A governance perspective; Proposition 1: 'governance' is a complex and contested concept; Proposition 2: governance refers to a set of institutions and actors that include those in formal positions of government and t; Proposition 3: governance depends upon new tools and techniques to steer and guide
- Proposition 4: governance recognizes power in the Foucauldian sense of 'circulating' between mutually dependent.actorsProposition 5: in modern Western democracies, models of governance are overlaid upon each other; The conceptual model; Summary; 2 The Evolution of System Leadership Policy in England; The policy background; The pre-Thatcher era: the age of professionalism; The Thatcher, or 'neo-liberal' era; 'New Labour'
- new era?; The Conservative-Liberal/Democratic coalition; The Conservative government (2015- ); System leadership policies
- Specialist schools: a whole-system approach, 1997-2010The London challenge: a regional approach, 2003-11; School improvement partner, 2004-10; National accreditation: leaders of education; National Leaders of Education; The Local Leaders of Education; Incentivized collaboration; The 'system' in system leader; Defining system leadership; Taxonomies; Summary; 3 The System Leaders; Introduction; Research aims; Research design; Data collection; Sample selection; Selecting the supported headteachers; Selecting the policy leaders; Case studies; Mapping perspectives on the governance environment
- Locating system leadersTracking the journeys; A diachronic view: mapping the system leaders' journeys; The case studies; Case Study 1: 'the protector'; The journey; The interactions; Academization; The middle tier; Case Study 2: the collaborator; The journey; The interactions; Academization; The middle tier; Case Study 3: the hero-head; The journey; Interactions; Academization; The middle tier; Case Study. 4: SL5; Themes; Summary; 4 Towards a Model of System Leadership Practice; Introduction; A conceptual model of system leadership; The protector; The collaborator; The hero-head; The auditor
- PowerTrust; The nature of learning; What factors affect the exchanges?; The meso level; The macro level: assessment and performance regimes; Targets; Ranking; Intelligence systems; Summary; 5 Policy Instruments and Intermediaries; Introduction; Background; How diverse are schools in England?; System leaders' motivations; The accolade; An extended career; Autonomy; Moral purpose; Funding; Supported headteachers; Fear; Policy instruments; Policy evaluations; The SIP programme, 2005-10; Implementation issues; 1. Professional resistance to policy (1-5.above)