ERIC Number: EJ1037985
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014
Pages: 24
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Finnish Superintendents: Leading in a Changing Education Policy Context
Risku, Mika; Kanervio, Pekka; Björk, Lars G.
Leadership and Policy in Schools, v13 n4 p383-406 2014
Finland's education system is regarded as one of the most effective in the world. Shared values of the Finnish welfare society continue to influence national education policies that determine how education is organized, governed, and led. Findings from a national study of the superintendency, however, suggest recent demographic and financial changes as well as ideologically driven legislative reforms are radically changing provision of education, stimulating mergers, altering organizational and governance patterns, and changing superintendents' work. National policies are redefining the role of the superintendent from being a bureaucratic functionary to a member of an executive management team.
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Change, Superintendents, Context Effect, Compulsory Education, Secondary Education, Administrative Organization, City Government, Governance, Government Role, Influences, Finance Reform, Organizational Change, Ideology, Neoliberalism, Individualism, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Practices, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Leadership, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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