Using cultural-historical activity theory (CHAT) to study the relationship between school leadership and organisational change
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Renzo Olavarria Thesis
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Description
This study aimed to identify how school leaders’ practices influence department activities during school transformation. The method used to explore emerging disturbances and contradictions within and between school departments was based on Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The findings show that in order to implement educational changes in schools successfully, leaders should promote the change they envision as being highly consistent with the current collective identity (shared object) of the departments. From this perspective, the systemic components of the school departments are given a sense of preservation and continuity, rather than loss.
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| ID Code: | 63005 |
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| Item Type: | QUT Thesis (PhD) |
| Supervisor: | Ritchie, Stephen & Hudson, Peter |
| Keywords: | School Leadership, CHAT, School Departments, Teacher leadership, Science teachers |
| Divisions: | Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Education Past > Research Centres > Office of Education Research |
| Institution: | Queensland University of Technology |
| Deposited On: | 30 Sep 2013 00:09 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Jun 2017 14:46 |
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