ABSTRACT

This article offers a comparative analysis and interpretation of leadership in the four UK education jurisdictions (Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland), informed by the articles in this special issue and by a project report, all outcomes of an initiative, ‘Educational Leadership, Management and Administration in the United Kingdom: A Comparative Review’, funded by the British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society. The article explores the constructions of leadership in the school systems of the four jurisdictions and the purposes those constructions are fulfilling concerning the governance of education. The comparative analysis identifies four purposes – relational, institutional-reform focused, masking and space-making. This typology of purposes is used to illuminate the different emphases across the jurisdictions. A relational purpose may be discerned more strongly in Wales and Scotland, a neo-liberal institutional-focused purpose more so in England, and relational and neo-liberal threads are intertwined in Northern Ireland in the context of legacies of community divisions. At the same time in all four jurisdictions, each of the purposes is given expression alongside, intermingling with or challenging neo-liberal threads of change and the dynamic between them helps shape the context in which leaders in the school systems create and practise leadership.

摘要

本文通过本期特刊中的文章和项目报告，介绍了英国四个教育辖区（苏格兰，威尔士，英格兰和北爱尔兰）的领导才能的比较分析和解释，该倡议的所有成果“教育领导才能” ，由英国教育领导力管理与行政学会资助，英国的《管理与行政：比较评论》。本文探讨了四个司法管辖区学校系统中的领导层结构，以及这些结构在教育治理方面实现的目的。比较分析确定了四个目的–关系，关注制度改革，掩盖和建立空间。目的的这种类型用于阐明各辖区的不同重点。在威尔士和苏格兰，可以更清楚地认识到关系目的，在英格兰，可以更清楚地看到以新自由主义制度为中心的目的，而在北爱尔兰，由于社区分裂的遗产，关系和新自由主义的思想交织在一起。同时，在所有四个司法管辖区中，每个目标都被表达出来，并与新自由主义变革线融合或挑战，它们之间的动态有助于塑造学校系统中的领导者创建和实践领导力的环境。在北爱尔兰，在社区分裂的遗产的背景下，关系和新自由主义的思想交织在一起。同时，在所有四个司法管辖区中，每个目标都被表达出来，并与新自由主义变革线融合或挑战，它们之间的动态有助于塑造学校系统中的领导者创建和实践领导力的环境。在北爱尔兰，在社区分裂的遗产的背景下，关系和新自由主义的思想交织在一起。同时，在所有四个司法管辖区中，每个目标都被表达出来，并与新自由主义变革线融合或挑战，它们之间的动态有助于塑造学校系统中的领导者创建和实践领导力的环境。