Giving voice to problems faced by school leaders in Portugal

Worldwide, leadership stories are narratives of principals facing very different problems. The purpose of this study was to identify the current problems faced by Portuguese school principals, through these actors' voice. Nineteen public school Portuguese principals participated in this study....

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Autores: Tintoré Espuny, Mireia|||0000-0002-4993-3691, Serrão Cunha, Rosário|||0000-0003-2570-9422, Cabral, Ilídia|||0000-0003-2141-044X, Matías Alves, Jose|||0000-0002-9490-9957
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:237635
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/237635
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1080/13632434.2020.1719400
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:School leadership
Leadership improvement
Principals'problems
Context
Portugal
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Sumario:Worldwide, leadership stories are narratives of principals facing very different problems. The purpose of this study was to identify the current problems faced by Portuguese school principals, through these actors' voice. Nineteen public school Portuguese principals participated in this study. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, transcribed, coded, and categorised using Nvivo11 Pro. The analysis revealed that Portuguese principals have the same problems as their colleagues worldwide, but there are problems specifically related to the Portuguese educational system: problems from the process of school clustering and the leader-centred system of school management of this country. A framework to analyse the emerged problems and practical recommendations are proposed for school leaders, researchers, and policymakers to improve educational leadership.