Three Orientations for Understanding Educational Autonomy: School Principals' Voices from Australia, Finland, and Jamaica

Autor/inn/en	Heikkinen, Hannu L. T.; Wilkinson, Jane; Bristol, Laurette
Titel	Three Orientations for Understanding Educational Autonomy: School Principals' Voices from Australia, Finland, and Jamaica
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Administration and History, 53 (2021) 3-4, S.198-214 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Heikkinen, Hannu L. T.) ORCID (Wilkinson, Jane) ORCID (Bristol, Laurette)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0620
DOI	10.1080/00220620.2020.1849060
Schlagwörter	Cross Cultural Studies; Administrator Attitudes; Principals; Decision Making; Professional Autonomy; Educational Practices; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Educational History; Neoliberalism; Instructional Leadership; Faculty Development; Institutional Autonomy; Educational Philosophy; Finland; Jamaica; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Principal; Schulleiter; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsfreiheit; Bildungspraxis; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; History of education; Bildungsgeschichte; Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Institutionelle Autonomie; Bildungsphilosophie; Erziehungsphilosophie; Finnland; Australien
Abstract	This paper reports on the findings from a multi-site case study conducted in Australia, Finland and Jamaica which explored the conditions that enabled and constrained the autonomy of school principals. Systematic data collection was carried out in the form of interviews of school principals and the data was analysed using a qualitative approach. The analysis indicates that: (1) school principals' practices are prefigured by the peculiarities of historical trajectories and ideological traditions enmeshed in schooling sites; (2) these prefiguring arrangements in turn influence varying realisations of autonomous decision making practices across national sites; and (3) even in the expression of high/low levels of autonomy, there are contradictory and contested practices. Through the analysis, three different orientations to autonomy were found: a "neoliberal market orientation," a "professional practice orientation" and an "educational praxis orientation." (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01