The fusion of school improvement and leadership capacity in an elementary school
Autor: | Sigríður Margrét Sigurðardóttir, Rúnar Sigþórsson |
---|---|
Rok vydání: | 2015 |
Předmět: |
Semi-structured interview
Medical education Distributed leadership 020209 energy Strategy and Management 05 social sciences 050301 education Capacity building 02 engineering and technology Collegiality Education Instructional leadership Work (electrical) Conceptual framework Pedagogy 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Teacher leadership Psychology 0503 education |
Zdroj: | Educational Management Administration & Leadership. 44:599-616 |
ISSN: | 1741-1440 1741-1432 |
DOI: | 10.1177/1741143214559230 |
Popis: | The article reports the findings of a qualitative case study in one elementary school in Iceland. The aim was to investigate the level of leadership capacity within the school, and how this had evolved through the school’s improvement. Information was gathered over one school year about planned improvements that had taken place in the school over the 10-year period prior to the study. Data was collected through observations, document analysis, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and a survey. Participants came from all sectors of the school community. A conceptual framework developed by Lambert (2003a) was used to analyse the leadership capacity within the school. The findings show that the leadership capacity of the school, and of groups within the school, had grown considerably during the period under study and was connected to the degree of involvement in school improvement work. The findings indicated an interactive relationship between school improvement and the building of leadership capacity during the period under study. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
Externí odkaz: |