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In the field with two rural primary school head teachers in England.
- Source :
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Journal of Educational Administration & History . Aug2019, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p273-289. 17p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The research focuses on the complexities associated with contemporary rural primary school leadership. The paper draws on in-depth ethnographic research undertaken in two contrasting English rural primary schools and their surrounding community over a period of three years and in particular the experiences and perspectives of the two head teachers from these schools. The paper is conceptually informed by the work of Bourdieu [1984. Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgement of Taste. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul] and his work around field, habitus and capital as a means of understanding practice. The paper contends that as the neo-liberal economic field increasingly contaminates the field of schooling so a contextual understanding of the complex and shifting social space which a head teacher occupies, including their habitus and the capital they deploy, is of central importance to understanding practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *EDUCATION
*PRIMARY schools
*SCHOOL principals
*EDUCATIONAL leadership
*SOCIAL space
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220620
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Educational Administration & History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 137380894
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2019.1623763