Principals’ Priorities and Values – Twenty-five Years of Compulsory School Principalship in Iceland
This paper reports on a study of compulsory school principals conducted in 2017. It focuses on principals’ values, both ethical and management related, and their actual and desirable prioritization of important tasks. Data was gathered with a questionnaire which was sent to all Icelandic school prin...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:e5b541563f4e4d8ba4286451cc99fbe7 2023-05-15T16:49:31+02:00 Principals’ Priorities and Values – Twenty-five Years of Compulsory School Principalship in Iceland Friðgeir Börkur Hansen Steinunn Helga Lárusdóttir 2020-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v40.2603 https://doaj.org/article/e5b541563f4e4d8ba4286451cc99fbe7 EN eng Cappelen Damm Akademisk NOASP https://noredstudies.org/index.php/nse/article/view/2603/4508 https://doaj.org/toc/1891-5949 1891-5949 doi:10.23865/nse.v40.2603 https://doaj.org/article/e5b541563f4e4d8ba4286451cc99fbe7 Nordic Studies in Education, Vol 40, Iss 4, Pp 305-322 (2020) school principals leadership values tasks Education (General) L7-991 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.23865/nse.v40.2603 2022-12-30T22:04:01Z This paper reports on a study of compulsory school principals conducted in 2017. It focuses on principals’ values, both ethical and management related, and their actual and desirable prioritization of important tasks. Data was gathered with a questionnaire which was sent to all Icelandic school principals, 162 individuals in total. The response rate was 69%. The findings show that 94% of the principals say they highly emphasize the ethical values care, equality, democracy, autonomy, tolerance and justice. These ethical values, however, do not seem to impact task prioritization. This indicates that the principals may not have a clear picture of their own value base in the way that scholars have advocated for. The emphasis the principals place on management related values is more variable. It is therefore uncertain to what extent values guide them in their everyday practice. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Nordic Studies in Education 40 4 305 322 |
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This paper reports on a study of compulsory school principals conducted in 2017. It focuses on principals’ values, both ethical and management related, and their actual and desirable prioritization of important tasks. Data was gathered with a questionnaire which was sent to all Icelandic school principals, 162 individuals in total. The response rate was 69%. The findings show that 94% of the principals say they highly emphasize the ethical values care, equality, democracy, autonomy, tolerance and justice. These ethical values, however, do not seem to impact task prioritization. This indicates that the principals may not have a clear picture of their own value base in the way that scholars have advocated for. The emphasis the principals place on management related values is more variable. It is therefore uncertain to what extent values guide them in their everyday practice. |
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Principals’ Priorities and Values – Twenty-five Years of Compulsory School Principalship in Iceland |
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