Naslov
Developing teachers' leadership competence

Autori
Kovač, Vesna ; Buchberger, Iva

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
ATEE Anual Conferenece 2014: Programme and Abstracts - Transitions in Teacher Education and Professional Identities / - , 2014

Skup
ATEE Anual Conferenece 2014 Transitions in Teacher Education and Professional Identities

Mjesto i datum
Braga, Portugal, 25.08.2014. - 27.08.2014

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
school leadership ; leadership competence ; teachers

Sažetak
The focus of proposed conference paper is the growing trend of teachers' participation in decision making process both at the school and education system level and the need for further development of adequate teachers' leadership competence. Most researchers stressed the need for establishing a new practice of school leadership where teachers participate in decision making process, not only implement decisions made by other authorities. It is assumed that participative decision-making (of teachers) improves and enhances organizational capacity of schools through improving the quality of decisions, strengthening teacher motivation in work and the contribution to the working quality of life of the school. Furthermore, (positive) effects of participative leadership on school improvement and student achievement are proved, based on the assumption that leadership focused on strengthening the academic capacity of the schools can have an effect on enhancing student achievement. The aim of this paper is to set the framework to discuss the importance and preconditions for developing and strengthening teachers' leadership competence. The latest available results reveal that in the (initial) teacher education programs the least represented elements are those which develop competencies related to the social role of teachers, understanding the education system and education policy or raise awareness of the importance of their contribution to the development of education. This particular group of professional competencies (leadership competence) of primary and secondary school teachers have been estimated as the least important, which is in the obvious disagreement with development perspectives and the role of teaching profession in the context of successful coping with the challenges of the global education policies. On the other hand, other researchers show the prevalence of positive self-estimation of primary/secondary school teachers in terms of acquaintance and acquirement of the leadership competence as well as non- satisfactory self-estimates in terms of their own motivation and activity in deciding about relevant issues concerning education. Therefore, it is important to bear in mind that there are significant assumptions for a more active involvement of teachers in process of decision making, but this implicates that teacher education have to ensure the development of appropriate leadership competence.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

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