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The principal and school improvement :

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9789811314957

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9811314950

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9789811314940

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9811314942

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The principal and school improvement :

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[Book]

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theorising discourse, policy, and practice /

First Statement of Responsibility

Amanda Heffernan.

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Singapore :

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Springer,

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[2018]

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©2018

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1 online resource

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Educational leadership theory

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Intro; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introducing a'United' Agenda forPrincipals; About theStudy: Theoretical Framework; Macro-level: Theories About theSystem; Performativity; Sociology ofNumbers andtheQuantification ofEducation; Micro-level: Theories About theIndividual; Discourse; Subjectivity; Discipline, Surveillance, andGovernmentality; About theStudy: Research Design; Methodology; Observations; Document Interrogation; Interviews; Data Analysis; Contributions totheField ofEducational Leadership; Structure ofForthcoming Chapters.

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Australian Reforms: AShifting Policy LandscapeKey Areas ofEducation Reform inAustralia; The Introduction ofNAPLAN; MySchool-The Impact ofPublic andTransparent National Data; Queensland Reforms: The Research Context; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-NAPLAN Testing asaCatalyst forMajor Reform inQueensland; Impact ofHigh-Stakes Testing Regimes-The Manipulation ofData; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-External Teaching andLearning Audits; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-Independent Public Schools; Conclusion; References; 4 Max, Judy, andScott.

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Increased Accountabilities andPressures onthePrincipalshipResponding toIncreased Senses ofPressure-Discourses oftheSystem as'They/Them'; 'AnUnholy Emphasis onData': How Performativity andQuantification Add Pressure tothePrincipalship; Instructional Leadership andShifting Expectations inthePrincipalship; The Changing Principalship: Notions of'Quality' andtheSeductiveness oftheQuick-Fix; Conclusion; References; 6 'Stick totheKnitting': Principals Identifying andMaintaining aFocus forTheir School; 'Stick totheKnitting'-AMetaphor forUnderstanding theWork ofSchools.

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Shared Context-The RegionICSEA Scores; Max-Ironcliff State School; Judy-Merriwald State School; Scott-Mount Pleasant State School; Additional Participants: Richard andTracy; Richard-Assistant Regional Director; Tracy-Regional Project Officer; Conclusion; References; 5 The Evolving Nature ofthePrincipalship: Pressures Created byRapid School Improvement Reforms; The Impact ofPolicy Reforms onthePrincipalship; Max, Judy, andScott's Conceptualisations ofthePrincipalship; Participants' Perceptions ofAutonomy, Accountability, andthePrincipalship.

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This book investigates the localised effects of reform by exploring the impact of a school improvement policy agenda on the work of three experienced principals. It presents three longitudinal case studies within a shared specific leadership context in Queensland, Australia. The case studies enable an exploration of the way the principalship in this context has evolved over time, providing deep insights into the practices and beliefs of three experienced school leaders working in a period of rapid and urgent systemic reform. The nature of global reform policy borrowing means that the research and the findings within this monograph are relevant for international audiences. The book describes a new way to understand and theorise the effects of reform policies and associated pressures on school leaders. Using post-structural theory, it provides a better understanding of the specific effects of reform policy ensembles, particularly when combined with an analysis of the ways policy and discourse work together at a wider level to create an environment that disciplines the principalship. Further, it sheds lights on the means of complying with or contesting policy influences and how the work of leaders has changed over time.

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Springer Nature

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com.springer.onix.9789811314957

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Principal and school improvement.

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9789811314940

School improvement programs-- Australia-- Queensland.

School management and organization-- Australia-- Queensland.

EDUCATION-- Administration-- General.

EDUCATION-- Organizations & Institutions.

School improvement programs.

School management and organization.

Queensland.

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EDU-- 036000

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Heffernan, Amanda

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