ISBN:
9789400762268
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XX, 228 p. 7 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Studies in Educational Leadership 19
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Moos, Lejf Transnational influences on values and practices in Nordic educational leadership
Keywords:
Education
;
Education
Abstract:
This book explores to what extent transnational influences change national/local values and practices in the Nordic educational systems. It provides country cases and thematic chapters that give nuanced insights into the influence of transnational agencies on national governance and discourses. It describes how national discourses and regulation influences school leadership values, culture and practice, in competition with traditional values. The transnational and global discourse on educational leadership is mostly formed according to Anglo-American thinking and tradition. Pivotal foundations of this discourse are strong hierarchical societies/class societies with liberal democracies, and clearly streamed education systems. The Nordic discourse, however, builds on a more equal society and flat hierarchies with participatory democracy, and on comprehensive schooling with strong local community roots. Leadership thinking and practices are formed by the culture and context they are part of: they are primarily shaped by the national/local values, traditions and practices, and only partially shaped by politics, discourses and literature. Due to the fact that a great deal of the literature that is being used in the Nordic contexts is of Anglo-American origin and many of the research projects have Anglo-American foundations, it is difficult to distinguish the sources for leadership thinking and practice. This book distinguishes the Nordic from the Anglo-American thinking and presents important findings and arguments for leadership practitioners inside as well as outside the Nordic countries.
Description / Table of Contents:
Transnational Influences on Values and Practices in Nordic Educational Leadership; Foreword; John MacBeath: Questions of Culture and Context; Peter Mortimore: Nordic Leadership: Something Worth Keeping; References; Jim Spillane: School Leadership Research Context and the Context of School Leadership; Philip A. Woods: Nordic Culture as a Resource for Adaptive Response; References; Acknowledgements; Content; Contributors; Chapter 1: Prelude : Tuning the Instrument; 1.1 New Discourses Meet Established Structures and Social Capital; 1.2 Global Influences; 1.3 Supra- and Transnational Agencies
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1.4 Different Societies, Diverse Discourses and Practices1.4.1 Social Differences; 1.4.2 Educational Legacy; 1.5 The Network and the Book; References; Part I: Country Cases; Chapter 2: Denmark: New Links Between Education and Economics; 2.1 Contemporary Governance and Leadership; 2.1.1 From Welfare States to Competitive States; 2.1.2 Changes of Educational Aims; 2.2 Differences Within the Educational System; 2.3 Dominant Discourses, Politics and Practice; 2.3.1 Social Contracts at Multiple Levels; 2.3.2 An Example of a Self-Government Contract; 2.3.3 Influence from a Leadership Perspective
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2.4 Facts and FiguresReferences; Chapter 3: Educational Leadership in Finland or Building a Nation with Bildung; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Administration and Leadership of Schools and Education; 3.2.1 A Three-Level Model of School Administration; 3.2.2 Building the Nation with Bildung : Grand Duchy of Finland (1809-1917); 3.2.3 The Independent Nation-State (1917-1945); 3.2.4 The Social Democratic Welfare State (1945-1990); 3.2.5 An Analytical Model for Educational Leadership Policy Changes; 3.3 The Social-Liberal Market State (1990-2008); 3.3.1 Implications for Leadership; 3.4 Discussion
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ReferencesChapter 4: Transnational Influence and Educational Policy in Iceland; 4.1 Context; 4.2 Issues: Basic Schools; 4.2.1 Accountability: Tests; 4.2.2 Accountability: Evaluation; 4.3 Open Access and School Choice; 4.4 Inclusion: Students with Special Needs; 4.4.1 Inclusion: Immigrant Students; 4.4.2 Consolidation and the Size of Schools; 4.5 Role of Basic School Headmasters: Prospective Changes; 4.6 Concluding Remarks; 4.7 Facts and Figures; References; Chapter 5: Norway: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies; 5.1 The History of the Norwegian Education System
Description / Table of Contents:
5.1.1 A Short Description of the Education System Today5.1.2 Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies; 5.2 The Framing of School Leadership; 5.3 The Use of Evaluation and Performance Data as Improvement Strategy; 5.3.1 Aligning Input Governing to Output Measures?; 5.4 Future Trends; Appendix; References; Chapter 6: Sweden: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Implementation Strategies; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Municipalities and Independent Schools; 6.2.1 The Municipalities; 6.2.2 The Independent Schools; 6.3 How the State Steers Education
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6.4 Cross-Pressures and Challenges for Educational Leadership
Description / Table of Contents:
Contributors -- Forewords by John MacBeath, Peter Mortimore, Jim Spillane and Philip Woods -- 1. Prelude - Tuning the Instrument; Lejf Moos -- Part 1. Country Cases. 2. Denmark: New Links between Education and Economics; Lejf Moos, Klaus Kasper Kofod, Katrin Hjort & Peter Henrik Raae -- 3. Educational Leadership in Finland - or Building a Nation with Bildung; Michael Uljens and Cilla Nyman -- 4. Transnational Influence and Educational Policy in Iceland; Börkur Hansen -- 5. Norway: Centralisation and Decentralisation as Twin Reform Strategies; Jorunn Møller and Guri Skedsmo -- 6. Sweden: Centralization and Decentralization as Implementation Strategies; Mikael Holmgren, Olof Johansson & Elisabet Nihlfors -- Part 2. Thematic Chapters -- 7. Independent Schools in Different Nordic Contexts - Implications for School Leadership?; Pia Skott and Klaus Kasper Kofod -- 8. Leadership for Democracy; Lejf Moos, Börkur Hansen, Göran Bjørk & Olof Johansson -- 9. The Professionalization of Nordic School Leadership; Michael Uljens, Jorunn Møller, Helene Ärlestig & Lars Frode Frederiksen -- 10. Successful Nordic School Leadership; Lejf Moos, Olof Johansson & Guri Skedsmo -- 11. Local Decisions under Central Watch - A New Nordic Quality Assurance System; Olof Johansson, Elisabet Nihlfors, Mikael Holmgren, Lejf Moos, Guri Skedsmo, Jan Merok Paulsen & Mika Risku -- 12. The Nordic Superintendents´ Leadership Roles: Cross National Comparison; Elisabet Nihlfors, Olof Johansson, Lejf Moos, Jan Merok Paulsen & Mika Risku -- 13. Postlude - Wrap up of the Argument; Lejf Moos -- Author Biographies.
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DOI:
10.1007/978-94-007-6226-8
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