scholarly journals Mission and mandates: school leaders’ and teachers’ professional discretion in enacting education for democracy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
Eivind Larsen
Keyword(s):  
School Leaders ◽  
Professional Discretion ◽  
Education For Democracy

scholarly journals Et kunnskapsgrunnlag for skoleledelse

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Eli Ottesen
Keyword(s):  
Main Part ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Leadership Education ◽  
School Leader ◽  
Core Knowledge ◽  
Professional Work ◽  
Professional Discretion ◽  
The Right

Utdanning av skoleledere vies stor oppmerksomheter, både i politikk, i forskning og som praksis, men forskning tyder på at det mangler et omforent kunnskapsgrunnlag som kan definere hva slik utdanning kan eller bør inneholde. Tvert imot synes det å være et mangfold blant tilbydere både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. I artikkelen utforskes hva som kan utgjøre et kunnskapsgrunnlag for skoleledelse, og hva det kan bety for opplæring av skoleledere. Mot en bakgrunn av hva vi vet om skolelederopplæring, beskrives ledelse som profesjonelt arbeid der kjernen er ansvaret for og retten til å fatte beslutninger basert på skjønnsmessige vurderinger. Hoveddelen av artikkelen er drøfting av hva det kan bety å forankre kunnskapsgrunnlaget for skoleledelse i pedagogikken.  Avslutningsvis pekes det på implikasjoner for skolelederopplæring.  Nøkkelord: kunnskapsgrunnlag, profesjonelt arbeid, skoleledelse, skolelederopplæring.AbstractCurrently, the education of school leaders is receiving considerable attention in policy, research and as a practice. However, research indicates a lack of agreement about the curriculum that could or should define such education; there seems to be great diversity among providers both nationally and internationally. The article explores what might constitute core knowledge for educational leaders. Against the background of what we know about leadership education the article describes leadership as professional work, where school leaders are responsible for and have the right to make decisions based on professional discretion. The main part of the article is a discussion of what might be implications of grounding leadership education in educational science. Finally, some implications for leadership education are suggested.Keywords: knowledge base, professional work, educational leadership, school leader education.

School Leaders’ Practice of the Ethics of Educational Leadership to Make Decisions

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-34
Author(s):  
Mohammed Assiri
Keyword(s):  
Educational Leadership ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Common Factors ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Year ◽  
Ethical Decisions

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions. A mixed-methods research design was used in this study. The quantitative data of this study were obtained from the participation of 260 teachers, and the qualitative data of this study were collected from nine school leaders. The questionnaire and the semi-structured interview were used to collect the data. The study was conducted during the school year of 2017-2018. The study found that the overall extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions was classified as “always occurs". The findings showed that there were statistically significant differences between participants with different gender and school levels on the overall and all dimensions of the extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions, while there were not statistically significant differences between the groups of the participants with different teaching experience. The qualitative findings provided some common factors that influence school leaders’ practice to making ethical decisions. These factors were explained based on two concepts including management knowledge and leadership skills as well as the context of school's culture.

Inducting School Leaders and Managers

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hussein Noure Elahi
Keyword(s):  
School Leaders

Unspoken Grammar of Place: Anti-Blackness as a Spatial Imaginary in Education

2021 ◽  
pp. 105268462199276
Author(s):  
DeMarcus A. Jenkins
Keyword(s):  
School Leaders ◽  
School Community ◽  
Holistic Healing ◽  
Music Preferences ◽  
Spatial Logic ◽  
Black Bodies ◽  
Cultural Forms ◽  
Black Populations ◽  
K 12 ◽  
Black Language

This article builds from scholarship on anti-Blackness in education and spatial imaginaries in geography to theorize an anti-Black spatial imaginary as the prevailing spatial logic that has shaped the configuration and character of American social intuitions, including K-12 schools. As a spatial imaginary, anti-Blackness is circulated through discourses, images, and texts that tell a story of Blackness as a problem, non-human, and placeless. Anchored by the assumption that Black populations are spatially illegitimate, the anti-Black spatial imaginary marks Black bodies as undesirable and therefore extractable from spaces and places that have been envisioned for their exclusion. I consider schools as sites spatialized terror where the exhibitions of terror consist of forcing students to observe other Black bodies being forcibly removed from the classroom and school community; constant rejection of Black language, traditions, music preferences, and other cultural forms of expression; the obliteration of Black names and identities. I offer ways that school leaders can unsettle the anti-Black spatial imaginary to transform schools as sites of holistic healing and possibilities.

Somali Immigrant Mothers’ Experiences of School Engagement: Implications for School Leaders

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013161X2110335
Author(s):  
Nimo M. Abdi
Keyword(s):  
School Engagement ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Parental Knowledge ◽  
School Structure ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
Coloniality Of Gender ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Somali Immigrant ◽  
Mothers Experiences

Purpose: This critical phenomenology study examines the experiences of Somali mothers’ involvement with an urban school in London, United Kingdom. Specifically, the study explores Somali mothers’ experiences and responses in navigating the coloniality of gender discourses imbedded in school structure and culture. The research questions that guided the study concerned the gender-based tools that Somali mothers use to navigate the school structure and culture and how school leaders can recognize and tap into parental knowledge and ways of being to serve these communities. Methods: This study is based on the stories of five Somali immigrant mothers. Data collection included focus groups, field memos, site observations, and school archival data. Data were analyzed through hermeneutic interpretation of whole-part-whole. Findings: Somali mothers use three important elements—identity, resistance, and traditions—to respond to coloniality of gender in school as they negotiate tensions between the Somali conception of motherhood and western notions of gender. The findings emphasize the practices rooted in Indigenous Somali culture and gender roles as assets. Implications: This research argues that the matripotent leadership practices of Somali mothers can inform theory, practice, and policy, as these practices offer a more collective and humanizing approach to leadership centered in ideals connected to a non-Western conception of motherhood, gender, and gender dynamics.

Centering “Grace”: Challenging Anti-Blackness in Schooling Through Motherwork

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 142-157
Author(s):  
Terri N. Watson ◽  
Gwendolyn S. Baxley
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Black Children ◽  
The United States ◽  
Black Girls ◽  
Racial Biases ◽  
Black Girlhood ◽  
Patricia Hill Collins ◽  
Educational Advocacy

Anti-Blackness is global and present in every facet of society, including education. In this article, we examine the challenges Black girls encounter in schools throughout the United States. Guided by select research centered on Black women in their roles as mothers, activists and school leaders, we assert that sociologist Patricia Hill Collins’ concept of Motherwork should be an essential component in reframing the praxis of school leadership and in helping school leaders to rethink policies, practices, and ideologies that are anti-Black and antithetical to Blackness and Black girlhood. While most research aimed to improve the schooling experiences of Black children focuses on teacher and school leader (mis)perceptions and systemic racial biases, few studies build on the care and efficacy personified by Black women school leaders. We argue that the educational advocacy of Black women on behalf of Black children is vital to culturally responsive school leadership that combats anti-Blackness and honors Black girlhood. We conclude with implications for school leaders and those concerned with the educational experiences of Black children, namely Black girls.

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