Does the Combination of Professional Leadership and Learning Management Systems Signal the End of Democratic Schooling?

Ronni LAURSEN

doi:https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2020.2.2

Makale detayları

Does the Combination of Professional Leadership and Learning Management Systems Signal the End of Democratic Schooling?

Yazarlar:

Ronni LAURSEN

Yayıncı:

Educational Administration Research and Development Association

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Research in Educational Administration and Leadership 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.342-374

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000603701

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2564-7261

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2020.2.2

Özet:

 

Education of democratic citizens is a fundamental aspect of Danish primary and secondary schooling. However, policymakers push school principals' agency towards professional leadership by encouraging specific methods for assessing student learning outcomes. Enactment of a learning management system (LMS) supports the transition towards professional leadership and leads to self-regulation by all actors within schools. While supporting the professional agency of school principals, this transformation is at the expense of core elements of democratic practice. This article argues that schooling's democratic purpose tends to be forgotten in the shift towards the professionalization of principals' agency. In this process, an LMS is a powerful tool because principals can keep track of what teachers are doing digitally at all times. The concept of professional agency is used in this article to denote how the actions of school principals become distanced from the educational practice within the schools. The article is based on a qualitative study at four schools, comprising 31 semistructured interviews with principals, teachers, and civil servants. Bourdieu's thinking tools -field, habitus, and capital - will be used along with the concept of governmentality to explore principals' professional agency and self-regulation and to conduct a thorough analysis of practice.

Makale detayları

Does the Combination of Professional Leadership and Learning Management Systems Signal the End of Democratic Schooling?

Yazarlar: Ronni LAURSEN

Yayıncı: Educational Administration Research and Development Association

Ana Başlıklar: Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi: Research in Educational Administration and Leadership 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.342-374

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000603701

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2564-7261

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2020.2.2

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Ronni LAURSEN

Yayıncı:

Educational Administration Research and Development Association

Ana Başlıklar:

Sosyoloji & antropoloji

Dergi:

Research in Educational Administration and Leadership 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.342-374

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000603701

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2564-7261

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30828/real/2020.2.2