LEADER 05012oam 2200505 450 001 9910468244803321 005 20210416094422.0 010 $a3-030-55027-3 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-55027-1 035 $a(CKB)4100000011513436 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6380894 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-55027-1 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011513436 100 $a20210416d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $au||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aRe-centering the critical potential of Nordic school leadership research $efundamental, but often forgotten perspectives /$fLejf Moos, Elisabet Nihlfors, Jan Merok Paulsen, editors 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham, Switzerland :$cSpringer,$d[2020] 210 4$d©2020 215 $a1 online resource (XX, 247 p. 5 illus.) 225 1 $aEducational governance research ;$vVolume 14 311 $a3-030-55026-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: Introduction -- 1. Critical potential of Nordic school leadership research; Lejf Moos, Elisabet Nihlfors, Jan Merok Paulsen -- Part II: Challenges in policy context and reality: Perspectives on research -- 2. Forgetting our intellectual histories and the implications for educational professionals ; Helen M. Gunter -- 3. Local and global? Challenging the social epistemologies of the educational leadership field; Merete Storgaard -- Part III: Dilemmas in school leadership -- 4. The Press for Technical Rationality & Dilemmas of Professional Practice: Managing Education in a Pluralistic Institutional Environment; James Spillane & Jonathan Sun -- 5. Study environments - a neglected leadership concern; Eric Larsson & Pia Skott -- 6. Horizontal structures ? A fundamental but forgotten perspective for superintendents in school governance?; Cecilia Bjursell & Annika Engström -- Part IV: Data-informed decision making in school leadership -- 7. The struggle for data ? A ghost goes through the world ? a data ghost; Finn Wiedemann -- 8. Principals decision-making for organizing the educational organization; Tina Bröms -- 9. Local evaluation practice as a mediating tool; Renata Svedlin -- Part V: Impact on school leadership -- 10. Leadership in upper secondary schools: Exploring new leadership roles and practices; Kristin Helstad & Hedvig Abrahamsen -- 11. The Impact of the University on Upper Secondary Education through academic subjects according to School leaders? perceptions; Guðrún Ragnarsdóttir & Jón Torfi Jónasson -- 12. Well-being, based on collective trust and accountability, as a fundamental and often forgotten perspective in school leadership; Ulf Leo, Roger Persson, Inger Arvidsson, Carita Håkansson -- Part VI: Discussion -- 13. Re-centering critical potentials of fundamental but often forgotten perspectives; Lejf Moos, Elisabet Nihlfors, Jan Merok Paulsen. . 330 $aThis volume contributes significantly to the ongoing international and Nordic paradigm shift in educational leadership research. It advocates for going from a contemporary, mainstream functionalist paradigm to a reflexive paradigm, based on educational values and knowledge. The volume is built on the shared basis, that the purpose of education is, and must be, fundamental for school leadership practice. However, that is often forgotten in educational governance and policy. The basis of the argument is, that educational leadership needs to change from focusing on effectiveness and narrowly defined accountabilities towards focusing on leadership that is contributing to the general education of students. That entails that leadership research need to focus on complex perspectives like context, relations, trust, sense making and social and human values, and less on control, outcomes, accountability and testing. The volume reminds readers about the need to raise awareness of the contexts of education and research, be they political, cultural, economic or ideological. Chapters analyze, discuss and compare research from Nordic educational leadership research systems: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. The cross-system insights clarify the fundamental relations between policy/governance and research/practice are and discuss forgotten dependencies and opportunities. 410 0$aEducational governance research ;$vVolume 14. 606 $aSchool management and organization$zScandinavia 606 $aEducational leadership$xResearch 615 0$aSchool management and organization 615 0$aEducational leadership$xResearch. 676 $a338.9148 702 $aNihlfors$b Elisabet$f1952- 702 $aPaulsen$b Jan Merok 702 $aMoos$b Lejf 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910468244803321 996 $aRe-centering the critical potential of Nordic school leadership research$92217877 997 $aUNINA