ABSTRACT Middle leadership is a dynamic area of policy in Scottish and Irish education to build leadership capacity. This article reports on a critical policy analysis of sequential sets of Scottish and Irish policy on middle leadership to identify codes of meaning. Two aspects are reported: (1) constructions of the purposes of middle leadership and (2) key themes in changing policy paradigms. While there is a development of policy ideas from delegated tasks to management functions to leadership for learning, there is little on the practice of leading learning. The findings are reviewed to identify issues related to middle leadership professional development.

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苏格兰和爱尔兰教育中的中层领导者不断发展的政策范式：对中层领导者专业发展的影响

摘要中层领导是苏格兰和爱尔兰教育中建立领导能力的动态政策领域。本文报告了对苏格兰和爱尔兰有关中层领导的一系列政策的关键政策分析，以识别含义代码。报告了两个方面：（1）中层领导者目的的建构；（2）改变政策范式的关键主题。尽管从委托任务到管理职能再到领导力学习等政策思想都有发展，但领导学习的实践却很少。审查结果以识别与中层领导者专业发展有关的问题。