Affiliation:
1. Stockholm University, Sweden and University of South East Norway, Norway
2. Uppsala University, Sweden
3. Municipality of Kiruna, Sweden
Abstract
Principal autonomy has been identified as an important ingredient in effective and healthy schools. However, little is known about the various dimensions of the phenomenon and how it takes form in different contexts. This article presents an analytical device contributing to further understand the complex nature of principal autonomy. The device follows the seminal work of Richard Ingersoll on autonomy in school organisations operationalised as decision-making and control. Moreover, we put forward a multidimensional device to organise decisions and control in several schooling domains: educational, social, developmental and administrative. By exemplifying the device on principals’ perceptions of autonomy in the very North of Sweden, Norway and Finland, we can reveal important differences between the three Nordic neighbouring cases. Related to these reforms, principals’ work can be compared in terms of different grades of complexity and risk, with corresponding consequences for their autonomy.
Reference47 articles.
1. Andersson A (2020) En komparativ studie om upplevd autonomi hos rektorer i Norge och Sverige [A comparative study on Principals’ perceived autonomy in Norway and Sweden]. Master Thesis, Uppsala University, Uppsala.
2. School autonomy, leadership and learning: a reconceptualisation
3. The Self-Transforming School
Cited by
7 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献