ERIC Number: EJ1381399
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Jul
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1741-1432
EISSN: EISSN-1741-1440
Participation in the Swedish National Principal Training Programme: How Does It Intertwine with Principals' Practice?
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, v51 n4 p932-948 Jul 2023
Blending principal education programmes and leadership practice has become a common feature in the education of school principals. However, the need for further research in how programme participants experience learning within an overall structure of a programme has been highlighted since the same programmes are experienced differently. This empirical study used a practice-based approach to explore how participation in the Swedish National Principal Training Programme intertwines with principals' work in practice. A situated perspective was used, interviewing and observing principals in both their educational and their workplace practice. In addition, teachers were interviewed at their school. This study revealed processes of continuous learning, which connects practice to what was learned in the Principal Programme. These processes mend and bridge old practices with new practices and therefore facilitate change. The principal also becomes a broker, rendering legitimacy in practice. The analyses, however, also reveal processes of interrupted learning, which disconnects working in practice from the participation in the Principals' Programme, leading to discontinuous processes and exits. Increasing consciousness of the value of working with bridging and brokering would support principals' professional learning and function as a foundation for leadership development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Administrator Education, Principals, Leadership Styles, Learning Experience, Administrator Attitudes, National Programs, School Administration, Professional Continuing Education, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Faculty Development, Educational Practices, Educational Change, Learning Processes, Leadership Training, Program Evaluation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Adult Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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