Re-centering the Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research

Re-centering the Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research
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Total Pages : 247
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ISBN-10 : 9783030550271
ISBN-13 : 3030550273
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Book Synopsis Re-centering the Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research by : Lejf Moos

Download or read book Re-centering the Critical Potential of Nordic School Leadership Research written by Lejf Moos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contributes significantly to the ongoing international and Nordic paradigm shift in educational leadership research. It advocates for going from a contemporary, mainstream functionalist paradigm to a reflexive paradigm, based on educational values and knowledge. The volume is built on the shared basis, that the purpose of education is, and must be, fundamental for school leadership practice. However, that is often forgotten in educational governance and policy. The basis of the argument is, that educational leadership needs to change from focusing on effectiveness and narrowly defined accountability towards focusing on leadership that is contributing to the general education of students. That entails that leadership research need to focus on complex perspectives like context, relations, trust, sense making and social and human values, and less on control, outcomes, accountability and testing. The volume reminds readers about the need to raise awareness of the contexts of education and research, be they political, cultural, economic or ideological. Chapters analyze, discuss and compare research from Nordic educational leadership research systems: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The cross-system insights clarify the fundamental relations between policy/governance and research/practice are and discuss forgotten dependencies and opportunities.


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