Investigating School Leadership within a European Project
This article draws on the work conducted within the context of the European Policy Network on School Leadership. Its aim is to discuss and reflect upon school leadership policy development in the context of European education systems. The first section focuses on the concept of school leadership, id...
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| description | This article draws on the work conducted within the context of the European Policy Network on School Leadership. Its aim is to discuss and reflect upon school leadership policy development in the context of European education systems. The first section focuses on the concept of school leadership, identifying connections between school leadership practices and the promotion of equity and learning in schools. The second section discusses critical factors in policy implementation that shape the capacity of school leaders to combat inequalities and promote learning performance in schools. The article ends with an outlining of key policy actions for the promotion of distributed leadership practices in schools. In effect, this section stresses the need for a conceptual shift in understanding school leadership, from the position, roles, responsibilities, traits and capacities of the individuals holding formally assigned leadership roles in schools, to leadership as a function inside schools. As it is argued, such a conceptual shift calls for a policy shift in school leadership capacity-building that strengthens, but also goes beyond, the traditional repertoire of policies that focus on the preparation and professional training of school heads or other members of formal teams responsible for school management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f464bc74eeaa43ca86c102255666c2182022-12-22T00:46:53ZengLED Edizioni UniversitarieJournal of Educational, Cultural and Psychological Studies2037-79322037-79242015-06-0101133335210.7358/ecps-2015-011-kiki694Investigating School Leadership within a European ProjectKathy Kikis-Papadakis0Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics - CreteThis article draws on the work conducted within the context of the European Policy Network on School Leadership. Its aim is to discuss and reflect upon school leadership policy development in the context of European education systems. The first section focuses on the concept of school leadership, identifying connections between school leadership practices and the promotion of equity and learning in schools. The second section discusses critical factors in policy implementation that shape the capacity of school leaders to combat inequalities and promote learning performance in schools. The article ends with an outlining of key policy actions for the promotion of distributed leadership practices in schools. In effect, this section stresses the need for a conceptual shift in understanding school leadership, from the position, roles, responsibilities, traits and capacities of the individuals holding formally assigned leadership roles in schools, to leadership as a function inside schools. As it is argued, such a conceptual shift calls for a policy shift in school leadership capacity-building that strengthens, but also goes beyond, the traditional repertoire of policies that focus on the preparation and professional training of school heads or other members of formal teams responsible for school management.https://www.ledonline.it/index.php/ECPS-Journal/article/view/867capacity-buildingequityschool leadersschool leadershipschool policiesdirigenti scolasticidirigenza scolasticaequitàpolitiche scolastichesviluppo di capacità |
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| title | Investigating School Leadership within a European Project |
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| title_short | Investigating School Leadership within a European Project |
| title_sort | investigating school leadership within a european project |
| topic | capacity-building equity school leaders school leadership school policies dirigenti scolastici dirigenza scolastica equità politiche scolastiche sviluppo di capacità |
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