Educational Leadership at Municipality Level
The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and responsibilities that national education legislation in Iceland imposes on municipalities in terms of leadership. A qualitative content analysis was applied to explore the relevant national legislation—that is, education acts, regulations, and cu...
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ftopinvisindi:oai:opinvisindi.is:20.500.11815/1555 2023-05-15T16:50:35+02:00 Educational Leadership at Municipality Level Sigurðardóttir, Sigríður Margrét Sigurðardóttir, Anna Kristín Hansen, Börkur Kennaradeild (HA) Faculty of Education (UA) Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of education (UI) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri Háskóli Íslands University of Akureyri University of Iceland 2018-11-07 56-71 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1555 https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.2760 en eng Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);2(2-3) https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/nordiccie/article/view/2760 Sigurðardóttir, S. M., Sigurðardóttir, A. K., & Hansen, B. (2018). Educational Leadership at Municipality Level. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE), 2(2-3), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.2760 2535-4051 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1555 Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education doi:10.7577/njcie.2760 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Municipalities leadership role Educational leadership Educational governance National legislation Policy in education info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2018 ftopinvisindi https://doi.org/20.500.11815/1555 https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.2760 2022-11-18T06:51:52Z The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and responsibilities that national education legislation in Iceland imposes on municipalities in terms of leadership. A qualitative content analysis was applied to explore the relevant national legislation—that is, education acts, regulations, and curriculum guides—and identify themes by looking for specific words that are characteristic in leadership practices. The findings reveal that policy ends concerning educational leadership of municipalities are somewhat tacit in current national legislation. Yet, the roles and responsibilities that the state delegates to municipalities comprise leadership functions that are distributed in nature and, to a large extent, harmonize with desired leadership practices as emphasized in the literature. Legislation emphasizes comprehensive education, but also in-cludes signs of technocratic homogenization. In the discussion of our findings, we argue that the educational system is quite dependent on the political emphasis at each given time, making it difficult for both munic-ipalities and the state to facilitate a cohesive leadership emphasis. We suggest that closer attention to the local level, and a recognition of it as an important unit and agency for educational development, is of sig-nificant importance. These observations will be followed by a further investigation into the actual practice of leadership at the local level. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Opin vísindi (Iceland) Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE) 2 2-3 56 71 |
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The purpose of this study is to explore the roles and responsibilities that national education legislation in Iceland imposes on municipalities in terms of leadership. A qualitative content analysis was applied to explore the relevant national legislation—that is, education acts, regulations, and curriculum guides—and identify themes by looking for specific words that are characteristic in leadership practices. The findings reveal that policy ends concerning educational leadership of municipalities are somewhat tacit in current national legislation. Yet, the roles and responsibilities that the state delegates to municipalities comprise leadership functions that are distributed in nature and, to a large extent, harmonize with desired leadership practices as emphasized in the literature. Legislation emphasizes comprehensive education, but also in-cludes signs of technocratic homogenization. In the discussion of our findings, we argue that the educational system is quite dependent on the political emphasis at each given time, making it difficult for both munic-ipalities and the state to facilitate a cohesive leadership emphasis. We suggest that closer attention to the local level, and a recognition of it as an important unit and agency for educational development, is of sig-nificant importance. These observations will be followed by a further investigation into the actual practice of leadership at the local level. Peer Reviewed |
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Kennaradeild (HA) Faculty of Education (UA) Menntavísindasvið (HÍ) School of education (UI) Hug- og félagsvísindasvið (HA) School of Humanities and Social Sciences (UA) Háskólinn á Akureyri Háskóli Íslands University of Akureyri University of Iceland |
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Educational Leadership at Municipality Level |
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Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences |
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Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE);2(2-3) https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/nordiccie/article/view/2760 Sigurðardóttir, S. M., Sigurðardóttir, A. K., & Hansen, B. (2018). Educational Leadership at Municipality Level. Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education (NJCIE), 2(2-3), 56-71. https://doi.org/10.7577/njcie.2760 2535-4051 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1555 Nordic Journal of Comparative and International Education doi:10.7577/njcie.2760 |
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