Education Governance and the Role of the Headteacher: The New Policy Problem in Scottish Education

Autor/inn/en	Forde, Christine; Torrance, Deirdre; Mitchell, Alison; McMahon, Margery; Harvie, Julie
Titel	Education Governance and the Role of the Headteacher: The New Policy Problem in Scottish Education
Quelle	In: Management in Education, 36 (2022) 1, S.18-24 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Forde, Christine) ORCID (Torrance, Deirdre)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0892-0206
DOI	10.1177/08920206211057348
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Policy; Governance; Principals; Administrator Role; Educational Change; Policy Analysis; Empowerment; United Kingdom (Scotland) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Finanzierung; Principal; Schulleiter; Bildungsreform; Politikfeldanalyse
Abstract	As part of the current "Review of Education Governance in Scotland," the "Headteachers' Charter" is perceived as a central policy solution. The Charter changes the responsibilities of the headteacher by altering the relationship between headteacher and local authority, and thereby bringing about changes to the governance of education. If these changes are perceived as the solution, what is the perceived policy problem? This article examines policy documents to explore the policy problem using Bacchi's (2012a) 'what's the problem represented to be' (WPR) approach, which uses a framework of six questions to analyse policy texts. The article begins with a brief overview of the policy programme, the 'Empowerment Agenda'. The article discusses Bacchi's WPR analysis framework and then presents the findings, using this framework. The article ends with a discussion of the impact of the reform of educational governance including the "Headteachers' Charter" on the role of the headteacher. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01