Systems Thinking among School Middle Leaders

Autor/inn/en	Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen
Titel	Systems Thinking among School Middle Leaders
Quelle	In: Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 45 (2017) 4, S.699-718 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1741-1432
DOI	10.1177/1741143215617949
Schlagwörter	Systems Approach; School Administration; Instructional Leadership; Teacher Leadership; Teacher Attitudes; Middle School Teachers; Holistic Approach; Department Heads; Information Technology; Jews; Arabs; Foreign Countries; Semi Structured Interviews; Israel + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Systemischer Ansatz; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Lehrerfunktionsstelle; Lehrerverhalten; Middle school; Middle schools; Teacher; Teachers; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Holistischer Ansatz; Informationstechnologie; Jew; Jude; Jüdin; Juden; Arab; Araber; Ausland
Abstract	Systems thinking is a holistic approach that puts the study of wholes before that of parts. This study explores systems thinking among school middle leaders--teachers who have management responsibility for a team of teachers or for an aspect of the school's work. Interviews were held with 93 school coordinators, among them year heads, heads of departments, evaluation coordinators, instruction coordinators, and information and communications technology coordinators. Data analysis revealed that systems thinking among school middle leaders consists of four characteristics: (1) seeing wholes; (2) using a multidimensional view; (3) influencing indirectly; and (4) assessing significance. The findings of this study expand the existing knowledge on systems thinking in school leadership, discussing practical implications as well as further research avenues. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01