Clones, Drones and Dragons: Ongoing Uncertainties around School Leader Development

Autor/in	Walker, Allan
Titel	Clones, Drones and Dragons: Ongoing Uncertainties around School Leader Development
Quelle	In: School Leadership & Management, 35 (2015) 3, S.300-320 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1363-2434
DOI	10.1080/13632434.2015.1041488
Schlagwörter	Instructional Leadership; Figurative Language; Correlation; Classification; Leadership Training; School Administration; Principals + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Korrelation; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Führungslehre; Principal; Schulleiter
Abstract	This article examines a number of key issues around successful school leadership and leader development. Three metaphors are used to frame, track and analyse recent research and commentary in the area--these are clones, drones and dragons. Although development mechanisms rarely fall neatly within one category, the metaphors provide a useful way to examine some of the ongoing uncertainties around leader development. Clones duplicate what others think they know about successful leadership. Drones carry cloned knowledge and are controlled "from afar" by centralised authorities or other "outsiders". Dragons take organic forms which can mutate in terms of shape, colour and form in line with more localised needs. As such, they aim to nurture leaders who lead change successfully within their communities with reference to but not dictated by standardised knowledge. Issues flowing from interactions between these categories form a set of questions or tensions faced by systems and leaders themselves. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01