Shaping the Image of the Great Headmaster

Protherough, Robert

doi:10.2307/3121576

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“…It is therefore important to acknowledge that the self-images of contemporary school principals are influenced by cultures and traditions from the past. Protherough (1984) has documented how military traditions shaped the emergent images of British headmasters in boys' schools in the nineteenth century. Commentators on Australian school leadership have noted the persistence of paternalistic images of solitary, hard-driving men (Hansen 1986, Bate 1990, Gronn 1995.…”

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Learners, initiators, servants: The self-images of victorian principals in the 1990s

Collard

2004

Aust. Educ. Res.

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The professional self-images of principals are integrally related to how they perceive and exercise leadership in specific school settings. This study of a balanced sample of male and female leaders from a cross-section of Victorian schools in the late 1990s reveals that there are key variations related to sectorial identity, level and scale of school, institutional histories and even student gender. It supports the development of nuanced theories about leadership and gender that combat essentialist stereotypes which have dominated in past discourse. It also combats simplistic claims based on school level, sector and student gender. The findings carry implications for principal selection and development which require fine-grained discernment by practitioners and theorists in the future.

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Learners, initiators, servants: The self-images of victorian principals in the 1990s

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2004

Aust. Educ. Res.

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Shaping the Image of the Great Headmaster

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Learners, initiators, servants: The self-images of victorian principals in the 1990s

Learners, initiators, servants: The self-images of victorian principals in the 1990s

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