Understanding Leadership in Schools Facing Challenging Circumstances: A Chilean Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Ahumada, Luis; Galdames, Sergio; Clarke, Simon
Titel	Understanding Leadership in Schools Facing Challenging Circumstances: A Chilean Case Study
Quelle	In: International Journal of Leadership in Education, 19 (2016) 3, S.264-279 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3124
DOI	10.1080/13603124.2015.1048744
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Interviews; Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Focus Groups; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Teacher Morale; Teacher Administrator Relationship; Expectation; Futures (of Society); Elementary School Teachers; Teacher Attitudes; Disadvantaged Schools; Academic Achievement; Student Attitudes; Educational Environment; Elementary School Students; Chile + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Principal; Schulleiter; Teacher; Teachers; Morale; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Moral; Expectancy; Erwartung; Future; Society; Zukunft; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrerverhalten; Schulleistung; Schülerverhalten; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt
Abstract	During the last 10 years, research into schools facing challenging circumstances has attracted the attention of researchers around the world. The aim of this study was to understand the challenges that school leaders face as they per form their work, the nature of the context in which these challenges arise, the strategies school leaders adopt to deal with the complexities of their work and the reasons behind these strategies. For this purpose, we investigated a single case study of a Chilean K8 school achieving extraordinary success despite its adverse circumstances. Interviews and focus groups were conducted with the principal, the vice-principal, the teachers, the students and the management team of the school. The interviews were focused on the challenges experienced by the school community, and on the strategies implemented in order to face them. The findings are organized around three key themes: first, the importance of nurturing high expectations among students and staff; secondly, the importance of enhancing teachers' morale; thirdly, the importance of setting and sharing a common vision for a preferred future. These key themes have been instrumental to the success of the school may be enlightening to other schools, that are facing comparable challenging circumstances, especially in Chile. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01