Reflecting on 100 years of educational policy in Ireland: was equality ever a priority?

Fleming, Brian; Harford, Judith; Hyland, Áine

doi:10.1080/03323315.2022.2085765

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“…The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)'s Review of National Policies for Education [61], helped prompt a significant period of educationalpolicy development in Ireland wherein government focused on education as a means of societal development, cognisant of how the 'streams of problems, politics and policies, often operating independently of one another, must come together in order for a policy change to occur' [62] (p. 444). This led to the Education Act [63], which created the first legislation governing policy and practice for Irish schools after 165 years of state funding.…”

Section: Development Of School Leadership In Irish Primary Education ...mentioning

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Enactment of Transformational School Leadership—Insights from Primary School and System Leaders

Wilson Heenan,

Lafferty,

McNamara

2024

Education Sciences

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Transformational leadership has been proposed as an approach that can inspire effective change. How this is manifest in schools is understudied in Irish primary schools, which have undergone significant change in recent years. The focus of this qualitative research study was primary school and system leaders’ knowledge of transformational school leadership, perceived benefits, limitations, and feasibility, and how transformational school leadership actually manifests in practice. Participants were recruited using purposive sampling. In-depth interviews were carried out with principals, deputy and assistant principals, and former school inspectors, with the interviews aligned to the following research questions: (1) How can we characterize school and system leaders’ knowledge, understanding and perceptions regarding the feasibility of transformational school leadership? (2) How do transformational school-leadership behaviours manifest in primary-school settings? Data analysis yielded the following themes and sub-themes: (1) Understanding of transformational school leadership: (i) transformation, change and growth, (ii) relationships, (iii) vision, mission, and goals, (iv) leading; (2) Perceptions of feasibility of transformational school leadership: (i) realism, (ii) people and relationships, (iii) practical challenges; (3) Benefits of transformational school leadership: (i) aspiration, (ii) culture, (iii) motivation and modelling, (iv) school community, (v) delivering quality learning; (4) Limitations of transformational school leadership: (i) personality, (ii) pressure, (iii) slow process, (iv) unexpected variables; (5) Manifestations of transformational school-leadership: (i) idealised influence, (ii) inspirational motivation, (iii) individualised consideration, (iv) intellectual stimulation, (v) school development, (vi) improving curricular offerings. Participants’ positive disposition to transformational school leadership was encouraging and suggests the need for further research, specifically to examine potential synergies between transformational and distributed school leadership.

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Section: Development Of School Leadership In Irish Primary Education ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Enactment of Transformational School Leadership—Insights from Primary School and System Leaders

Wilson Heenan,

Lafferty,

McNamara

2024

Education Sciences

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Lessons from abroad: how can we achieve a socially just educational system?

Reay

2022

Irish Educational Studies

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Sitting their first-ever state exam at age 18: the impact of COVID-19 on the 2023 Leaving Certificate cohort in DEIS in Ireland

Fenwick

2023

Irish Educational Studies

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Reflecting on 100 years of educational policy in Ireland: was equality ever a priority?

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Enactment of Transformational School Leadership—Insights from Primary School and System Leaders

Enactment of Transformational School Leadership—Insights from Primary School and System Leaders

Lessons from abroad: how can we achieve a socially just educational system?

Sitting their first-ever state exam at age 18: the impact of COVID-19 on the 2023 Leaving Certificate cohort in DEIS in Ireland

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