‘It's like we’re in two different schools’
Contrasting stories of teacher and leader autonomy within a distributed approach to leadership
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21784252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amanda Keddie (0000-0001-6111-0615, corresponding author), Jill Blackmore (0000-0002-1049-2788), Katrina MacDonald (0000-0003-0871-1643) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1082-1097 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Management Administration & Leadership (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-1432 • E-ISSN: 1741-1440 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17411432221126001 |
| OpenAlex | W4295993324 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 30 |
The articulation of school autonomy into practice nationally, regionally and locally is highly situated in terms of what it enables or impedes with regard to the professional autonomy of principals and teachers. Principal autonomy does not necessarily mean greater teacher professional autonomy. In this paper, we draw on a three-year qualitative study investigating the social justice implications of school autonomy reform in Australia. We present interview data from a case study of a large secondary college to present two conflicting stories of autonomy. Supported by a managerial restructure reflecting distributed leadership, we juxtapose the positive account of autonomy expressed by the leadership team with the negative one expressed by teachers. We explore the justice implications of this disjuncture and argue the importance of critically examining the complex ways in which the intentions and enactments of distributed leadership can be differently articulated and understood within the context of school autonomy reform
Autonomy · Distributed leadership · Economic Justice · Educational leadership · Pedagogy · Political science · Politics · Restructuring · Shared leadership · Situated · Sociology · Transactional leadership · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion · Law · Parental Involvement in Education · Psychology · Social Psychology · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
Teacher professional autonomy in an atypical government school
Divergent Principal-Teacher Perceptions of How Innovativeness and School Challenges Relate to Student Achievement Under Distributed Leadership
Organizational Predictors of Teachers’ Subjective Well-Being
Analyzing the relationship between distributed leadership and instructional quality in Taiwan
A meta-analysis of distributed leadership from 2002 to 2013
Distributed Leadership
Distributed Properties
Distributed Leadership
Epistemic Contribution as a Central Human Capability
Conceptualising five dimensions of relational trust
Retaining Australia’s school leaders in ‘challenging’ contexts
Feminism without Borders
Leadership Configurations
Teacher self-efficacy and teacher burnout
Election or selection? School autonomy reform, governance and the politics of school councils
The distribution of leadership and power in schools
Epistemic justice as a condition of political freedom
School autonomy, marketisation and social justice
Lost in translation? Emotional intelligence, affective economies, leadership and organizational change
The Emergence of Distributed Leadership in Education
| Citations per year | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |