‘Out of the Box’ leadership: action research towards school improvement

Autor:	Thekla Afantiti-Lamprianou, Loizos Symeou, Vassiliki Alexandrou-Leonidou, Marianna Karamanou, Yiasemina Karagiorgi
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Value (ethics) Strategic planning media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050401 social sciences methods 050301 education Context (language use) Fieldnotes Democracy Education 0504 sociology Accountability Pedagogy Sociology Communication skills Action research 0503 education media_common
Zdroj:	Educational Action Research. 26:239-257
ISSN:	1747-5074 0965-0792
DOI:	10.1080/09650792.2017.1310052
Popis:	The contribution of Action Research (AR) to school improvement is well-documented. This study records the accounts of two primary school leaders, involved in AR projects that focused on the development of students’ oral communication skills. Drawing data from diaries with fieldnotes and systematic reflections, the study presents leaders’ experiences, as they translated feedback into modifications and redefinitions to bring about change. Despite difficulties encountered, the leaders acknowledged the value of collaborative school-based enquiry for teachers, students and themselves, mainly reflecting notions of catalytic and democratic validity. The paper highlights that AR as a tool for individual and school improvement, can enhance understandings of school performance and empower participants to focus on school outcomes in an educational context that does not implement accountability measures. AR can certainly help principals in Cyprus reconceptualise and rediscover their pedagogical role as instru...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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