Context and agency in educational leadership: framework for study

Brewer, Curtis; Okilwa, Nathern S. A.; Duarte, Bryan J.

doi:10.1080/13603124.2018.1529824

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“…Moreover, teachers consistently argued (82.8 per cent) that ECEC staff who are assigned the preparation of classroom activities can undertake leadership roles. The position that teacher leadership should be nurtured and that teachers should be included in the decisionmaking process is supported within current literature (Davitt & Ryder, 2018;Brewer, Okilwa, & Duarte, 2018;Halttunen, Waniganayake, & Heikka, 2019). There is therefore no need to wait-rise to the occasion and lead.…”

Section: Teachers-no Need To Waitmentioning

confidence: 94%

Global Perspectives on Leadership in Early Childhood Education

2023

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Global Perspectives on Leadership in Early Childhood Education aims to improve leadership and management in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings through research evidence. Written for a wide audience, including the academic community, policymakers, practitioners, teachers, directors, and professionals, the book provides knowledge and tools to enhance the ECEC sector. Divided into three thematic sections, the book examines the theory of leadership in ECEC, strategies for improving professional development, and the governance and policies related to ECEC leadership worldwide. In its 16 chapters that blend theoretical and practical perspectives, the book addresses diverse topics, such as pedagogical leadership in different countries, peer mentoring, and the utilization of digital technology in early childhood education. The volume draws upon collaboration through the International Leadership Research Forum in Early Childhood (ILRF–EC) and encompasses contributions from across the world, from South Africa to Norway, Palestine, Australia, Finland, and beyond. By incorporating different contexts and viewpoints, Global Perspectives on Leadership in Early Childhood Education makes a significant and timely contribution to the field of education.

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Section: Teachers-no Need To Waitmentioning

confidence: 94%

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2023

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“…Technology integration in education requires leaders to change their roles, vision and day-to-day practices, as well as the strategies used within the institution (Chua & Chua, 2017). EL can re-author themselves to have greater agency in various educational environments (Brewer et al, 2018). EL should also incorporate practical applications…”

Section: Educational Leadership and Educational E-leadershipmentioning

confidence: 99%

Leadership in Education During COVID-19: Learning and Growing Through a Crisis

Hudson

Mahendrarajah

Walton

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This article explores themes resulting from a group autoethnography conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic. As participants, we are education graduate students and a professor working in both formal and informal leadership roles. We met twice a week to reflect on our present experiences implementing and leading distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic and to use these reflections to (re) imagine the future alignment of technology and education. Our self-reflexive discussions uncovered common experiential themes around educator agency, technology-induced anxiety, and leadership agency. We highlight our own growth through reflection, and we suggest important leadership qualities during times of pandemics that will raise the level of motivation and engagement of school communities and have the potential to create a stronger individual and institutional sense of agency and resiliency during a time of crisis.

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“…Educational e-leaders can rewrite themselves to have greater agency in different educational environments (Brewer et al, 2018), and to provide support and self-learning based on education and technology. The importance of educational e-leadership is especially salient when schools are effecting digital and technological changes during a pandemic.…”

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Digital Leadership: Managing Schools’ Virtual Spaces in Times of Crisis

Chen-Levi

Buskila²,

Lea³

et al. 2022

International Journal of Educational Reform

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The COVID-19 pandemic changed schools’ reality and posed a wide range of challenges for school leaders, such as a re-examination of principals’ and teachers’ authority and leadership in the schools’ virtual spaces. Teaching methods and social-emotional aspects of learning were challenged as well. The school faculty had to redesign their pedagogical environments to provide an extensive and complete response to these new challenges. The main difficulty lay in the need to create an immediate distance-learning environment that would provide solutions for the pedagogical, emotional, and social challenges in the new and virtual space that had been created. We investigated teachers’ perceptions of their and their principals’ roles as digital educational leaders (e-leaders) in the schools’ virtual spaces. The research was conducted using a qualitative method with a population of 16 female teachers in elementary schools in Israel. Data analysis yielded four major themes: new virtual space in the school's organization, principals’ and teachers’ roles in managing virtual spaces, opportunities in virtual space management, and challenges and difficulties. These themes were closely interrelated in the context of schoolwork. Findings highlight the importance of more fully understanding the role of extensive digital leadership, i.e., the management of virtual school spaces. It is proposed that management of schools’ virtual spaces can enhance overall school effectiveness, which in turn can help achieve better cooperation between school faculty and the surrounding community.

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Context and agency in educational leadership: framework for study

Cited by 10 publications

References 30 publications

Global Perspectives on Leadership in Early Childhood Education

Global Perspectives on Leadership in Early Childhood Education

Leadership in Education During COVID-19: Learning and Growing Through a Crisis

Digital Leadership: Managing Schools’ Virtual Spaces in Times of Crisis

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