Enhancing System Thinking -- A Superintendent and Three Principals Reflecting with a Critical Friend

Autor/inn/en	Henriksen, Øyvind H.; Aas, Marit
Titel	Enhancing System Thinking -- A Superintendent and Three Principals Reflecting with a Critical Friend
Quelle	In: Educational Action Research, 29 (2021) 5, S.804-819 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Henriksen, Øyvind H.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-0792
DOI	10.1080/09650792.2020.1724813
Schlagwörter	Superintendents; Reflection; Trust (Psychology); Systems Approach; Educational Improvement; Friendship; Principals; School Districts; Administrator Attitudes; Action Research; Peer Relationship; Educational Practices; Attitude Change; Intervention; Elementary Secondary Education; Foreign Countries; Meetings; Educational Change; Instructional Leadership; Norway (Oslo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulrat; Systemischer Ansatz; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Freundschaft; Principal; Schulleiter; School district; Schulbezirk; Projektforschung; Peer-Beziehungen; Bildungspraxis; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Ausland; Meeting; Tagung; Bildungsreform; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung
Abstract	There is a growing body of action research on school improvement and development. Many of these studies have found the use of critical friendship valuable in relation to teachers' or principals' practice. Yet, little attention has been paid to critical friendship at the school district level. This study explores how a superintendent and three principals changed their understandings through interaction with a critical friend. It draws on reflective conversations, written reflections and observations of meetings between the participants, and is framed within practical action research aimed at changing the participants' understandings. We found that through a trust-building process the critical friend acted as a catalyst for systematic reflections, helping leaders to set aside time and space to reflect. This has contributed to new ways of talking and thinking and has enhanced the leaders' system thinking. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01