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Is distributed leadership an effective approach for mobilising professional capital across professional learning networks? Exploring a case from England
Journal of Professional Capital and Community ( IF 3.921 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-03 , DOI: 10.1108/jpcc-02-2020-0010
Chris Brown , Jane Flood , Paul Armstrong , Stephen MacGregor , Christina Chinas

Purpose

There is currently a focus on using networks to drive school and school system improvement. To achieve such benefits, however, requires school leaders actively support the mobilisation of networked-driven innovations. One promising yet under-researched approach to mobilisation is enabling distributed leadership to flourish. To provide further insight in this area, this paper explores how the leaders involved in one professional learning network (the Hampshire Research Learning Network) employed a distributed approach to mobilise networked learning activity in order to build professional capital.

Design/methodology/approach

A mixed methods approach was used to develop a case study of the Hampshire RLN . Fieldwork commenced with in-depth semi-structured interviews with all school leaders of schools participating in the network and other key participating teachers (12 interviews in total). A bespoke social network survey was then administered to schools (41 responses). The purpose of the survey was to explore types of RLN-related interaction undertaken by teachers and how teachers were using the innovations emerging from the RLN within their practice.

Findings

Data indicate that models of distributed leadership that actively involves staff in decisions about what innovations to adopt and how to adopt them are more successful in ensuring teachers across networks: (1) engage with innovations; (2) explore how new practices can be used to improve teaching and learning and (3) continue to use/refine practices in an ongoing way.

Originality/value

Correspondingly we argue these findings point to a promising approach to system improvement and add valuable insight to a relatively understudied area.



中文翻译:

分布式领导是否是在专业学习网络中动员专业资本的有效方法?探索英格兰的一个案例

目的

当前的重点是使用网络来推动学校和学校系统的改进。但是,要获得这种利益,学校领导必须积极支持动员网络驱动的创新。一种有前途但尚未研究的动员方法是使分布式领导力蓬勃发展。为了提供对该领域的进一步了解,本文探讨了参与一个专业学习网络(汉普郡研究学习网络)的领导者如何采用分布式方法来动员网络学习活动以建立专业资本。

设计/方法/方法

用混合方法进行了Hampshire RLN的案例研究。实地调查开始于对参与该网络的学校的所有学校负责人和其他主要参与的老师进行深入的半结构化访谈(总共12次访谈)。然后,对学校进行了定制的社交网络调查(41个回复)。这项调查的目的是探讨教师进行的与RLN相关的互动类型,以及教师在实践中如何利用RLN产生的创新。

发现

数据表明,使领导者积极参与决策的分布式领导模型对于确保跨网络的教师更为成功:(1)参与创新;(2)探索如何使用新的实践来改善教学和学习;(3)继续以不断的方式使用/完善实践。

创意/价值

相应地,我们认为这些发现指出了一种有希望的系统改进方法,并为相对未充分研究的领域增加了宝贵的见识。

更新日期:2020-11-03
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