eprintid: 10025269
rev_number: 21
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datestamp: 2017-10-24 15:55:10
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type: article
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creators_name: Male, T
title: School leadership in England: Reflections on research activity between 1997 and 2017
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: A01
divisions: B16
divisions: B14
divisions: J82
keywords: education, leadership, school, research
note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
abstract: This is a theoretical and reflective examination of research into school leadership in England which concludes that activity has been both constrained and limited throughout the last 20 years. A review of school leadership development from 1997 indicates that the main government agencies have identified skills, attributes and behaviours, yet these have not been the consequence of robust empirical research. This outcome is compromised further by the way in which two mainstream academic UK journals, which ostensibly focus on the field of leadership in education, have less than 20 per cent of published papers in the years 2014 and 2015 on school leadership in England. I conclude, based on the samples of outputs examined, that this represents an alarming lack of evidence underpinning our understanding of the demands of school leadership in the rapidly changing nature of education in England. From this discussion, I call for two outcomes: greater opportunity for publication of domestic research within UK journals and national conferences and a determination from major agencies and institutions to support more substantial, detailed and focused research into school leadership.
date: 2018-01-08
date_type: published
publisher: British Education Studies Association (BESA)
official_url: https://educationstudies.org.uk/journal/ef/volume-9-1-2018/school-leadership-in-england-reflections-on-research-activity-between-1997-and-2017/
oa_status: green
full_text_type: other
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 1455167
lyricists_name: Male, Trevor
lyricists_id: TMALE63
actors_name: Male, Trevor
actors_id: TMALE63
actors_role: owner
full_text_status: public
publication: EducationalFutures
volume: 9
number: 1
pagerange: 4-17
event_location: UK
issn: 1758-2199
citation:        Male, T;      (2018)    School leadership in England: Reflections on research activity between 1997 and 2017.                   EducationalFutures , 9  (1)   pp. 4-17.          Green open access   
 
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