A tapestry of views on school leadership: making sense of leadership on the Scottish qualification for headship

Carroll, M. (2006) A tapestry of views on school leadership: making sense of leadership on the Scottish qualification for headship. In: Partnership for Professional Enquiry Seminar: 'Constructing Collegiality: Changing the Nature of Leadership in Schools?', Stirling, UK, Jun 2006, pp. 1-6.

Abstract

This paper examines the perceptions of school leadership amongst a group of aspiring head teachers, engaged on the Scottish Qualification for Headship (SQH) programme. This programme encourages aspiring head teachers to critique the notion that leadership is centred around headship utilising learning drawn from their experience, focused readings and the discussions that they undertake during the course. In moving towards headship as a ‘privileged’ site of leadership this paper examines how the sample of aspiring head teachers become aware, and are making sense, of the complexities and ambiguities of leadership in the ‘middle space’.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Carroll, Dr Mike
• Authors: Carroll, M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education > Professional Learning and Leadership