Days of their lives. A mixed-methods, descriptive analysis of the men and women at work in the principal's office.

Autor/inn/en	Spillane, James P.; Hunt, Bijou R.
Titel	Days of their lives. A mixed-methods, descriptive analysis of the men and women at work in the principal's office.
Quelle	In: Journal of curriculum studies, 42 (2010) 3, S. 293-331Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0272; 1366-5839
DOI	10.1080/00220270903527623
Schlagwörter	Methode; Schulleiter; Schulleitung; Schulverwaltung; Analyse
Abstract	This study examines the work of US school principals from the perspective of their workday using a distributed perspective to frame the investigation. Using data on 38 school principals in one mid-sized urban school district in the US, it describes school principals' work practices, examining both the focus of that work and how it is accomplished. Cluster analysis is used to analyse data from an experience sampling method (ESM) log, identifying three patterns of practice: administration-centred, solo practitioners, and people-centred. To explicate these patterns, qualitative interview and observation data were combined with quantitative survey and log data to construct mini-cases of three principals, each representing one of the three patterns of practice. The study concludes with a discussion of how this analysis both confirms and challenges popular portrayals of the school principal in the literature.
Erfasst von	IPN - Leibniz-Institut für die Pädagogik der Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik an der Universität Kiel
Update	2013/1