Narratives of educational leadership : representing research via creative analytic practices / / Denise Mifsud

• Autore: Mifsud Denise
• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Disciplina: 371.2
• Soggetto topico: Educational leadership; Lideratge en l'educació
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Editor and Contributors -- 1 Educational Leadership Research and Creative Analytic Practices: A Critical Mapping of Theoretical and Methodological Terrains? -- 1.1 Introduction: Setting the Scene for the Narratives of Educational Leadership -- 1.2 The Conceptual Confusion and Romanticization of Leadership -- 1.3 Re-conceptualizing Educational Leadership from The Lens of Critical Scholarship -- 1.4 Critical Engagement with Educational Leadership Theory, Policy, and Practice: Some Examples of Scholarship from the Field -- 1.5 Theory and Practice: A Marriage of Convenience with a Choice Upgrade? -- 1.6 The Methodological Terrain of Qualitative Inquiry -- 1.7 Doing Representation Differently: The Case for Creative Analytic Practices (CAPs) -- 1.8 Overview of the Book -- 1.9 Conclusion -- References -- 2 Educational Leadership, Critique and the Critical Researcher -- 2.1 This is Not An Introduction -- 2.2 Philosophical Problems with Leadership (1) -- 2.3 Deconstruction Must Take Place -- 2.4 Philosophical Problems with Leadership (2) -- 2.5 A Differend with Leadership? -- 2.5.1 Current Bio Draft (in a More 'respectable' Times New Roman Font): -- 2.5.2 An Alternate Narrative -- 2.6 Philosophical Problems with Leadership (3) -- 2.7 Can There Be a Conclusion? or 'Why Philosophize?' (Lyotard, 2013) -- 2.8 Philosophical Problems with Leadership (4) -- References -- 3 Turning Water into Wine: Scripting Multi-academisation Through Messianic Educational Leadership -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 MATs and Multi-academisation -- 3.3 Theorising with Messianic Educational Leadership -- 3.4 Methodology -- 3.4.1 Rendering Multi-academisation Data as Drama -- 3.4.2 Crafting the Script -- 3.5 Scripting Multi-academisation -- 3.5.1 Indicative Data Extracts for Scene One -- 3.5.2 Scene One. ; 3.5.3 Indicative Data Extracts for Scene Two -- 3.5.4 Scene Two -- 3.5.5 Indicative Data Extracts for Scene Three -- 3.5.6 Scene Three -- 3.5.7 Indicative Data Extracts for Scene Four -- 3.5.8 Scene Four -- 3.6 What Does Scripting Multi-academisation Illuminate? -- 3.7 Concluding Remarks: On the Ethics of Dramatic Presentation -- References -- 4 (Mis)Leading for Social (in)justice and (in)equity…(Un)Following a Script? -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Setting Social Justice and Equity Within the Local Education Policy Landscape -- 4.3 Methodological Props: The Fictional Representation of My Educational Leadership Narrative -- 4.3.1 Unscripting 'The Script': A Narrative Preamble -- 4.3.2 Crafting and Constructing 'The Script': Characters, Stage Setting, and Play Conventions -- 4.4 The Script -- 4.4.1 Prologue -- 4.4.2 Scene 1: Accepting 'foreign' Students LOCALLY? -- 4.4.3 Scene 2: 'Foreign' Parents in LOCAL Schools-Trials and Tribulations? -- 4.4.4 Scene 3: Diverse Students in LOCAL Schools-A Matter of Inclusion, Integration, Tolerant Differentiation, or Positive Discrimination? -- 4.5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Is Inclusive Educational Leadership for Social Justice and the Common Good Possible? -- 5.1 The Spanish Context -- 5.2 Theoretical Framework -- 5.3 Research Methodology: Autoethnography -- 5.4 Autoethnography of an Inclusive Leadership Experience -- 5.5 Discussion and Implications of the Study -- 5.6 Conclusions -- References -- 6 Potential Theoretical Approaches to Support the Critical Exploration of 'The Problem(s)' of Preparing, Recruiting and Retaining Headteachers in Scotland -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Situating the Case Study for Exploring the Problem(s): Scotland's Education System -- 6.3 What Do We Know Already About the Problem(s)? -- 6.4 What Do We Not yet Understand About the Problem(s)?. ; 6.5 How Can We Develop New Understandings About the Problem(s)? -- 6.6 The Bacchi Approach: Structured Critical Literature and Policy Analysis -- 6.7 The Delphi Technique: Participatory Knowledge Creation -- 6.8 Narrative and Life History Approaches: Insights from Experiences and Perceptions -- 6.9 Writing the Narrative -- 6.9.1 Collaborative Analysis -- 6.9.2 Illuminating the Lived Experiences of Headship: A Creative Analytical Approach -- 6.9.3 Creative Methods of Analysis: Constructing Scenes -- 6.9.4 Tensions in Exploring Experiences in Becoming and Being a Headteacher -- 6.9.5 Conclusion -- References -- 7 The Lockdown Files: University Performance and Development Reviews (PRDs) as a Form of Governmentality -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Matter of Methodology -- 7.3 The Lockdown Files -- 7.4 Troubling the Notions of Educational 'Leadership' and/or 'Management' -- 7.4.1 The Nature of Leadership and Management -- 7.5 Coda -- References -- 8 The Views of the Few or the Voices of Many: Methods of Exploring Leadership Roles Through Alternative Approaches Within Higher Education -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Leadership in Higher Education -- 8.3 Exploring Leadership Journeys and the Problems with Traditional Approaches -- 8.4 Q-Method-An Introduction -- 8.4.1 What Can Q-method Offer When Exploring Leadership Journeys? -- 8.5 Stages in a Q-Method Approach -- 8.5.1 The Concourse and Q-Set Development -- 8.5.2 Q-Sorting -- 8.5.3 Analysing the Q-Sort -- 8.6 An Example of Using Q-Method to Explore Leadership Journeys -- 8.6.1 Development of the Q-Set and the Q-Sort Process -- 8.7 Reflections and Conclusions -- References -- 9 Ghostly Mirroring: How Taxidermy Could Teach us Something Important About Current Attempts to Inspire STEM Aspirations in Young Women -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Glitter, Girls in STEM and Educational Leadership. ; 9.3 A Not so Glittery Experience: Entering a STEM Classroom -- 9.4 Mirroring -- 9.5 Exploring the Histories Lingering in Taxidermies -- 9.5.1 Conservation Practices: Bringing Life to the Dead -- 9.5.2 Possible Histories of Taxidermy -- 9.6 STEM Narratives Mirrored in Taxidermy -- 9.7 Conclusion -- References -- 10 Conclusions: A Critical Commentary on the Theory and Methodology of Educational Leadership Narratives -- 10.1 Prologue to the Writing Story -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Narratives of Educational Leadership
• ISBN: 981-16-5831-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910513579303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Educational Leadership Theory