Leading the Process of Reculturing: Roles and Actions of School Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Geijsel, Femke; Meijers, Frans; Wardekker, Wim
Titel	Leading the Process of Reculturing: Roles and Actions of School Leaders
Quelle	In: Australian Educational Researcher, 34 (2007) 3, S.135-161 (27 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0311-6999
Schlagwörter	Teacher Role; Educational Innovation; Instructional Leadership; Teaching Methods; School Culture; Organizational Change; Educational Change; Educational Research; Educational Improvement; Interviews; Case Studies + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerrolle; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Organisationswandel; Bildungsreform; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	In this article, we focus on the role and actions of individual school leaders in initiating and governing the process of reculturing. First, we elaborate on the core elements of the process of reculturing, referring to a complex learning process of finding a new balance between cognitions and emotions both individually and collectively. We then review the literature for issues related to school leaders' roles and actions during reculturing. We argue that the role of leadership power largely has been left out of the picture so far while at the same time leadership power is so crucial for teachers' roles and actions in educational innovation processes. To illustrate our line of thinking, we analyse the stories of three school leaders about their roles and actions during successful processes of reculturing and retrospectively analyse the role of leadership power during these processes, building on a framework of Hetebrij (2006) for judging the quality of power use. (Contains 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10