ERIC Number: EJ937337
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
Pages: 17
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Preparing "Educational" Leaders in Managerialist Times: An Australian Story
Eacott, Scott
Journal of Educational Administration and History, v43 n1 p43-59 2011
The preparation of educational leaders is a global phenomenon. Education systems have developed numerous means by which current and aspiring leaders are prepared for the role. Through the example of a large public school system in Australia, this paper argues that the doxa of school leadership establishes a particular identity of the principalship. One which constructs the principal as the deliverer of state initiated reforms. Theoretically informed by Bourdieu, this paper argues for an alternate way of thinking about leadership preparation, one based on introducing participants to the conversation of the world. (Contains 66 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, Instructional Leadership, Public Schools, Politics of Education, Administrator Role, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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