How principals of successful schools enact education policy: perceptions and accounts from senior and middle leaders
This article investigates, from the perspective of senior and middle leaders, how secondary principals in England lead their schools to achieve sustainable performance despite policy shifts. Empirical data were drawn from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses of a questionnaire survey from 309...
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| description | This article investigates, from the perspective of senior and middle leaders, how secondary principals in England lead their schools to achieve sustainable performance despite policy shifts. Empirical data were drawn from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses of a questionnaire survey from 309 effective and improved secondary schools in England and longitudinal interview data from a subsample of four case-study schools. The research suggests that what the principals were perceived to be doing successfully was to use policies as opportunities—purposefully, progressively, and strategically—to regenerate coherent cultures and conditions which support the staff to learn to renew their practice. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:2f5b3e46-9bf3-462d-a338-97a563b5a2112022-03-26T12:54:53ZHow principals of successful schools enact education policy: perceptions and accounts from senior and middle leadersJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:2f5b3e46-9bf3-462d-a338-97a563b5a211EnglishSymplectic Elements at OxfordTaylor and Francis2018Gu, QSammons, PChen, JThis article investigates, from the perspective of senior and middle leaders, how secondary principals in England lead their schools to achieve sustainable performance despite policy shifts. Empirical data were drawn from structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses of a questionnaire survey from 309 effective and improved secondary schools in England and longitudinal interview data from a subsample of four case-study schools. The research suggests that what the principals were perceived to be doing successfully was to use policies as opportunities—purposefully, progressively, and strategically—to regenerate coherent cultures and conditions which support the staff to learn to renew their practice. |
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