
Making Sense of Problems in Primary Headship
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By using evidence from interviews with seventy primary headteachers, this book highlights the most serious problems experienced by primary heads. In particular, the management of school finance and premises and relationships with a range of other people involved in the life and work of the school are shown to be recurring historical issues in primary headship.
This book is a response to these problems and draws upon research on organizational value theory, micropolitics and symbolism as well as school leader succession and socialisation studies. By offering a set of conceptual tools to enhance analysis of problem causes and identification of relevant management strategies this text will prove a valuable resource for researchers and leaders in education.
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Drawing on interviews with 70 primary headteachers in the UK, as well as personal experiences, the authors consider problematic aspects of primary headship and how they affect the daily work of primary headteachers, as well as how to deal with them or reduce their impact. They discuss generic problem issues faced by headteachers, then issues in the areas of the assumption of the headship; workloads; relationships with parents, colleagues, and students; and the impact of problems on professional and personal lives. The second section addresses theories that aid in the understanding of the causes and ramifications of problems, including the types of knowledge headteachers need to be able to process; how that knowledge is formed and applied to problem management; organizational micropolitics, symbolism, and value theory; the processes and implications of headteacher succession and socialization; and strategic problem management and the role of reflection. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *More details
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Chapter 1. Mapping the Minefield: explaining the research studies
Chapter 2. Landmarks in the Minefield: generic problem issues
Chapter 3. New Heads on Their Blocks: the problems of assuming headship
Chapter 4. Hard Labour: managing a problematic workload
Chapter 5. Close Encounters: problematic colleagues
Chapter 6. Clients and Consumers: problematic parents and pupils
Chapter 7. More Checks Than Balances: problematic partners in school governance
Chapter 8. Counting the Cost: the personal impact of headship
Part II What Every Head Should Know
Chapter 9. Making Sense of Headship: knowing what
Chapter 10. Making Sense of Headship: knowing how
Chapter 11. Back to the Future: revisiting classic knowledge bases for problem analysis and
framing
Chapter 12. Learning the Ropes? On the Ropes?: making sense of headteacher succession and
socialisation
Chapter 13. Hands on Hearts and Fingers on Pulses
Chapter 14. Putting Problems in Perspective: Strategy and Reflection in Problem Management
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