Imagining an 'ideal school': an approach for reflecting on principals' educational creed. Issue 1 (2nd January 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zur, Ayala; Eisikovits, Rivka A.
• Is Part Of: Reflective practice. Volume 17:Issue 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 14
• Publication Date: 2016-01-02
• Subjects: Reflective practice -- school principal -- educational creed -- phenomenology -- school environment; Professions -- Periodicals; Reflection (Philosophy) -- Periodicals; Thought and thinking -- Periodicals; Self-knowledge, Theory of -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; 370.15
• DOI: 10.1080/14623943.2015.1095722
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1462-3943

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, we describe an approach to the study and development of school principals' school creed. The approach and its underlying method are grounded in the phenomenological tradition, predominantly in the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty. School principals are asked to imagine an ideal school and present it both visually and verbally. We illustrate the potential of this process using one ideal school proposal developed by a high school principal in Israel. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the approach for research, theory and practice.