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Title: The Role of Leadership Practices in Establishing a Curriculum Policy Platform at Working-Class Schools
Language: English
Authors: Terhoven, René (ORCID 0000-0001-9126-9694), Fataar, Aslam (ORCID 0000-0002-6880-9223)
Source: South African Journal of Education. May 2018 38(2).
Availability: Education Association of South Africa. University of Pretoria, Centre for the Study of Resilience, Level 3, Groenkloof Student Centre, Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Education, George Storrar Road and Lleyds Street, Pretoria 0001, South Africa. Web site: http://www.sajournalofeducation.co.za/index.php/saje/index
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2018
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Descriptors: Working Class, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Leadership Role, Educational Practices, Qualitative Research, School Administration, Administrative Principles, Leadership Styles, Participative Decision Making, Focus Groups, Semi Structured Interviews, Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Geographic Terms: South Africa
ISSN: 0256-0100
Abstract: This article focuses on the way in which the school management teams (SMTs) of three selected working-class schools have developed and implemented a range of leadership practices within their schools in order to provide a platform for optimal teaching and learning. The article is based on qualitative research conducted in schools on the outskirts of Cape Town. Employing the policy enactment theory advanced by Ball, Maguire and Braun (2012), the article illustrates the way in which the context of these working-class schools impacts on the type of leadership practices that are employed; these practices, in turn, have an impact on the type of curriculum policy platform established in these schools. The article elucidates how governmental curriculum policy reform is 'received' by the SMTs, which are the schools' formal leadership structures, and implemented in the 'messy' reality of the selected schools. We present the argument that the leadership practices of the selected schools' SMTs are determined by the schools' 'materiality,' in reference to the impact of the schools' contextual circumstances on their curriculum processes and leadership practices. The findings show that the schools' leadership practices are based on a narrow and one-dimensional enactment of the curriculum policy, which has negative consequences for teaching and learning in the schools. This article contributes to an understanding of the challenges of leadership practices in working-class schools and the enactment of curriculum policy reform in them.
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Entry Date: 2018
Accession Number: EJ1182405
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