The principal and school improvement : theorising discourse, policy, and practice /: theorising discourse, policy, and practice. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Amanda Heffernan.
• Authors: Heffernan, Amanda
• Contents: Intro; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introducing a'United' Agenda forPrincipals; About theStudy: Theoretical Framework; Macro-level: Theories About theSystem; Performativity; Sociology ofNumbers andtheQuantification ofEducation; Micro-level: Theories About theIndividual; Discourse; Subjectivity; Discipline, Surveillance, andGovernmentality; About theStudy: Research Design; Methodology; Observations; Document Interrogation; Interviews; Data Analysis; Contributions totheField ofEducational Leadership; Structure ofForthcoming Chapters. Australian Reforms: AShifting Policy LandscapeKey Areas ofEducation Reform inAustralia; The Introduction ofNAPLAN; MySchool-The Impact ofPublic andTransparent National Data; Queensland Reforms: The Research Context; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-NAPLAN Testing asaCatalyst forMajor Reform inQueensland; Impact ofHigh-Stakes Testing Regimes-The Manipulation ofData; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-External Teaching andLearning Audits; Pieces ofQueensland's Policy Ensemble-Independent Public Schools; Conclusion; References; 4 Max, Judy, andScott. Shared Context-The RegionICSEA Scores; Max-Ironcliff State School; Judy-Merriwald State School; Scott-Mount Pleasant State School; Additional Participants: Richard andTracy; Richard-Assistant Regional Director; Tracy-Regional Project Officer; Conclusion; References; 5 The Evolving Nature ofthePrincipalship: Pressures Created byRapid School Improvement Reforms; The Impact ofPolicy Reforms onthePrincipalship; Max, Judy, andScott's Conceptualisations ofthePrincipalship; Participants' Perceptions ofAutonomy, Accountability, andthePrincipalship. Increased Accountabilities andPressures onthePrincipalshipResponding toIncreased Senses ofPressure-Discourses oftheSystem as'They/Them'; 'AnUnholy Emphasis onData': How Performativity andQuantification Add Pressure tothePrincipalship; Instructional Leadership andShifting Expectations inthePrincipalship; The Changing Principalship: Notions of'Quality' andtheSeductiveness oftheQuick-Fix; Conclusion; References; 6 'Stick totheKnitting': Principals Identifying andMaintaining aFocus forTheir School; 'Stick totheKnitting'-AMetaphor forUnderstanding theWork ofSchools.
• Publisher Details: Singapore : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 371.2009943; School improvement programs -- Australia -- Queensland; School management and organization -- Australia -- Queensland; EDUCATION -- Administration -- General; EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions; School improvement programs; School management and organization; Administration, Organization and Leadership; Philosophy of Education; Educational Policy and Politics; Sociology of Education; Queensland; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9789811314957; 9811314950
• Related ISBNs: 9789811314940; 9811314942
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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