Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model

Policy makers and governments are continually concentrating on school improvement. Much of the rhetoric of current school improvement literature focuses on the idea that effective leadership is key to achieving sustained school improvement. This literature is usually tied up in senior and middle...

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Main Author: Gaughran, Benjamin
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2016
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44658/
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description Policy makers and governments are continually concentrating on school improvement. Much of the rhetoric of current school improvement literature focuses on the idea that effective leadership is key to achieving sustained school improvement. This literature is usually tied up in senior and middle management levels of leadership. Little attention is given to the role of teacher leadership in the classroom in school improvement. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding of what teacher leadership in the classroom actually looks like. Against a backdrop of organisational theory, this study aims to unravel the fabric of teacher leadership in the classroom and provide a conceptual model of specific characteristics needed in effective teacher leaders. Additionally, this study will reveal the voice of teachers and their understanding of teacher leadership in the classroom. The model suggested can be used as a basis to improve the quality of teacher leaders and, therefore, improve pupil progress and impact on whole school improvement.
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spelling nottingham-446582017-10-12T23:13:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44658/ Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model Gaughran, Benjamin Policy makers and governments are continually concentrating on school improvement. Much of the rhetoric of current school improvement literature focuses on the idea that effective leadership is key to achieving sustained school improvement. This literature is usually tied up in senior and middle management levels of leadership. Little attention is given to the role of teacher leadership in the classroom in school improvement. Furthermore, there is a lack of understanding of what teacher leadership in the classroom actually looks like. Against a backdrop of organisational theory, this study aims to unravel the fabric of teacher leadership in the classroom and provide a conceptual model of specific characteristics needed in effective teacher leaders. Additionally, this study will reveal the voice of teachers and their understanding of teacher leadership in the classroom. The model suggested can be used as a basis to improve the quality of teacher leaders and, therefore, improve pupil progress and impact on whole school improvement. 2016-12 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44658/1/Unraveling%20the%20Fabric%20of%20Teacher%20Leadership%20in%20the%20Classroom-%20A%20Conceptual%20Model%20by%20Ben%20Gaughran.pdf Gaughran, Benjamin (2016) Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
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Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title_full Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title_fullStr Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title_full_unstemmed Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title_short Unraveling the Fabric of Teacher Leadership in the Classroom: A Conceptual Model
title_sort unraveling the fabric of teacher leadership in the classroom: a conceptual model
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44658/