Reimagining the School Leadership Paradigm in a Postsocialist Context

Autor/in	Magno, Cathryn
Titel	Reimagining the School Leadership Paradigm in a Postsocialist Context
Quelle	In: European Education, 41 (2009) 3, S.23-41 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1056-4934
DOI	10.2753/EUE1056-4934410302
Schlagwörter	Strategic Planning; Foreign Countries; Cultural Context; Instructional Leadership; Principals; Politics of Education; Democratic Values; Governance; Administrator Attitudes; Interviews; Cultural Influences; Interpersonal Relationship; Educational Administration; School Policy; Policy Formation; Administrator Education; Azerbaijan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Strategy; Planning; Strategie; Planung; Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Educational policy; Bildungspolitik; Education; Financing; Steuerung; Finanzierung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Bildungsverwaltung; Schuladministration; Schulverwaltung; Schulpolitik; Politische Betätigung; Aserbaidschan
Abstract	Although Azerbaijan's education sector has experienced intermittent democratization efforts since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, school leadership has remained untouched. This article argues that while Anglo-American models such as transformational and distributed leadership could benefit the schools, based on interview and self-assessment data from a select group of principals in Azerbaijan, such foreign models of leadership may not be readily acceptable in the cultural context of Azerbaijan. Principals in Azerbaijan are well skilled in task management and place lower priority on relationship building and developing visions or strategic plans for their schools, both unsurprising given the legacy of centralized decision making in Soviet times. The article concludes that local principals, in coordination with the Ministry of Education, will need to consider the current strengths and needs of principals in Azerbaijan and the future direction of schooling in Azerbaijan as they develop locally relevant school leadership policy and a first-ever principal preparation program in a country struggling to move toward public-sector accountability and transparency. (Contains 2 tables and 7 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10