Glenys J Woods
Biographic Data
| ID | 5240726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Glenys J Woods |
| GIVEN NAMES | Glenys J |
| FAMILY NAME | Woods |
| SIGNATURE | WOODS G J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Gloucestershire |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Democracy and spiritual awareness
This article sets out theorisations of developmental democracy and spiritual awareness formulated in previous work by the authors. These are used to explore collegial leadership in a case study Steiner school, with the aim of illuminating and illustrating the transformative demands of developmental democracy and its interconnection with spiritual awareness. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for imbuing democratised education…
Academy schools and entrepreneurialism in education
The academy schools programme in England is presented by Government as the means by which increased diversity and private participation in the provision of public education can be used to solve educational and wider social problems. The entrepreneurial features of academy schools are examined, through a study of the sponsors and the ethos, values and specialisms of academies. Data on 58 academies (open or in development), gathered from secondary …
At the hard edge of change
The work presented here follows up the authors’ paper, in the previous issue of this journal, which (i) explored modernizing leadership in a public‐private partnership, principally from the perspective of the senior managers of a private company contracted to run school support services by a local education authority (LEA), and (ii) suggested that their leadership approach resembled what was termed an adaptive public service (APS) model. This sec…
Modernizing leadership through private participation
What distinctive leadership changes does the private sector bring to the running of public sector educational services? This paper contributes to an understanding of the issues raised by this question by studying the senior management of a private company running services for an English local education authority. The paper explores evidence of modernizing leadership, as well as the extent to which a traditional public ethos is sustained or re‐int…
Policy on School Diversity
This paper develops a 'conceptual map' by which to chart contemporary developments in policy on school diversity. In part this has been prompted by the prospect in England of (private) Steiner schools becoming more closely involved in mainstream state-funded education. Whilst generated principally by policy developments within the UK, the conceptual thinking may also have wider applicability. We conceptualise diversity in the context of a differe…
Implementation of School Choice Policy
In England a restructured school system has been functioning throughout the 1990s. An integral aspect of this restructuring is the creation of a more competitive public‐market school system aimed at enhancing parental opportunities for choice amongst publicly‐funded schools. What has been the experience of the restructured system by one particular group of parents with specific needs and preferences, namely parents of students with special educat…
Spiritual Values in Education
This paper undertakes what might be described as an exploratory consideration of Steiner Waldorf education to see what light such an examination might throw upon and contribute to policy debates on spiritual education 1 1 This article is revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, March 1997. . The paper seeks, through this, to further dialogue between Steiner Waldorf edu…
Poor Relation or Honoured Guest? The place of the transcendent in a state education system that seeks to promote spiritual development
I was affected to tears while we stood in the house, the coffin lying before me. There were no near kindred, no children. When we got out of the dark house the sun was shining, and the prospect looked so divinely beautiful as I never saw it. It seemed more sacred than I had ever seen it, and yet more allied to human life. (Dorothy Wordsworth)Footnote 1 1 Wordsworth 1991:47 There is much activity currently in Britain concerning educational policy …
Academy schools and entrepreneurialism in education
The academy schools programme in England is presented by Government as the means by which increased diversity and private participation in the provision of public education can be used to solve educational and wider social problems. The entrepreneurial features of academy schools are examined, through a study of the sponsors and the ethos, values and specialisms of academies. Data on 58 academies (open or in development), gathered from secondary …
Modernizing leadership through private participation
What distinctive leadership changes does the private sector bring to the running of public sector educational services? This paper contributes to an understanding of the issues raised by this question by studying the senior management of a private company running services for an English local education authority. The paper explores evidence of modernizing leadership, as well as the extent to which a traditional public ethos is sustained or re‐int…
Implementation of School Choice Policy
In England a restructured school system has been functioning throughout the 1990s. An integral aspect of this restructuring is the creation of a more competitive public‐market school system aimed at enhancing parental opportunities for choice amongst publicly‐funded schools. What has been the experience of the restructured system by one particular group of parents with specific needs and preferences, namely parents of students with special educat…
At the hard edge of change
The work presented here follows up the authors’ paper, in the previous issue of this journal, which (i) explored modernizing leadership in a public‐private partnership, principally from the perspective of the senior managers of a private company contracted to run school support services by a local education authority (LEA), and (ii) suggested that their leadership approach resembled what was termed an adaptive public service (APS) model. This sec…
Policy on School Diversity
This paper develops a 'conceptual map' by which to chart contemporary developments in policy on school diversity. In part this has been prompted by the prospect in England of (private) Steiner schools becoming more closely involved in mainstream state-funded education. Whilst generated principally by policy developments within the UK, the conceptual thinking may also have wider applicability. We conceptualise diversity in the context of a differe…
Poor Relation or Honoured Guest? The place of the transcendent in a state education system that seeks to promote spiritual development
I was affected to tears while we stood in the house, the coffin lying before me. There were no near kindred, no children. When we got out of the dark house the sun was shining, and the prospect looked so divinely beautiful as I never saw it. It seemed more sacred than I had ever seen it, and yet more allied to human life. (Dorothy Wordsworth)Footnote 1 1 Wordsworth 1991:47 There is much activity currently in Britain concerning educational policy …
Spiritual Values in Education
This paper undertakes what might be described as an exploratory consideration of Steiner Waldorf education to see what light such an examination might throw upon and contribute to policy debates on spiritual education 1 1 This article is revised version of a paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Chicago, March 1997. . The paper seeks, through this, to further dialogue between Steiner Waldorf edu…
Implementation of School Choice Policy
In England a restructured school system has been functioning throughout the 1990s. An integral aspect of this restructuring is the creation of a more competitive public‐market school system aimed at enhancing parental opportunities for choice amongst publicly‐funded schools. What has been the experience of the restructured system by one particular group of parents with specific needs and preferences, namely parents of students with special educat…
Policy on School Diversity
This paper develops a 'conceptual map' by which to chart contemporary developments in policy on school diversity. In part this has been prompted by the prospect in England of (private) Steiner schools becoming more closely involved in mainstream state-funded education. Whilst generated principally by policy developments within the UK, the conceptual thinking may also have wider applicability. We conceptualise diversity in the context of a differe…
Modernizing leadership through private participation
What distinctive leadership changes does the private sector bring to the running of public sector educational services? This paper contributes to an understanding of the issues raised by this question by studying the senior management of a private company running services for an English local education authority. The paper explores evidence of modernizing leadership, as well as the extent to which a traditional public ethos is sustained or re‐int…
At the hard edge of change
The work presented here follows up the authors’ paper, in the previous issue of this journal, which (i) explored modernizing leadership in a public‐private partnership, principally from the perspective of the senior managers of a private company contracted to run school support services by a local education authority (LEA), and (ii) suggested that their leadership approach resembled what was termed an adaptive public service (APS) model. This sec…
Academy schools and entrepreneurialism in education
The academy schools programme in England is presented by Government as the means by which increased diversity and private participation in the provision of public education can be used to solve educational and wider social problems. The entrepreneurial features of academy schools are examined, through a study of the sponsors and the ethos, values and specialisms of academies. Data on 58 academies (open or in development), gathered from secondary …
Democracy and spiritual awareness
This article sets out theorisations of developmental democracy and spiritual awareness formulated in previous work by the authors. These are used to explore collegial leadership in a case study Steiner school, with the aim of illuminating and illustrating the transformative demands of developmental democracy and its interconnection with spiritual awareness. The article concludes with a discussion of implications for imbuing democratised education…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Diverse Education Studies and Reforms (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Ethos (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works)