Leaders and Leadership in Serbian Primary Schools

Perspectives Across Two Worlds

Jelena Raković, Tom O'Donoghue, Simon Clarke (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

VII, 224 Seiten

2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-03528-0 (ISBN)

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This book explores the perspectives of primary school leaders in Serbia as they attempt to navigate its changing political, social and economic situation. As a post-socialist and post-conflict country, Serbia has moved from a state-ruled and planned economy to market-oriented consumerism and competitiveness. In the midst of a rapidly changing and evolving country, school leaders have found themselves on the front lines of a system where infrastructure and support have not been implemented consistently. The clash between the complexities of Serbia's history and attempts to align education policies to those of the European Union has created unique challenges for primary school leaders: they are expected to be both objects and agents of change in a context where their own political position and relationships with students, parents and the teaching profession at large have been irrevocably altered. By illuminating the perspectives of the leaders themselves, this book emphasises the importance of these actors on the front line of Serbian education: its findings can equally be applied to other post-Communist and post-conflict contexts.

Jelena Rakovic is Lecturer at the University of Western Australia. Tom O'Donoghue is Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia. Simon Clarke is Professor of Education at the University of Western Australia.

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Overview of the Context.- Chapter 3. Overview of Related Academic Literature.- Chapter 4. Perspectives of Primary School Principals in Serbia on Societal Changes and their Relationship to Education Changes.- Chapter 5. Perspectives of Primary School Principals in Serbia on School Governance.- Chapter 6. Perspectives of Primary School Principals in Serbia on their Roles and on their Professional Learning.- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.01.2019
Zusatzinfo	VII, 224 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	414 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
Schlagworte	Communities and schools • Leadership in primary schools • Post conflict education • Schooling in Serbia • Serbian primary schools • Sociology of schools
ISBN-10	3-030-03528-X / 303003528X
ISBN-13	978-3-030-03528-0 / 9783030035280
Zustand	Neuware