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dc.contributor.authorHenriksen, Oyvind H
dc.contributor.authorAas, Marit
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T06:22:05Z
dc.date.available2020-07-24T06:22:05Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.issn0965-0792
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09650792.2020.1724813
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/395820
dc.description.abstractThere is a growing body of action research on school improvement and development. Many of these studies have found the use of critical friendship valuable in relation to teachers’ or principals’ practice. Yet, little attention has been paid to critical friendship at the school district level. This study explores how a superintendent and three principals changed their understandings through interaction with a critical friend. It draws on reflective conversations, written reflections and observations of meetings between the participants, and is framed within practical action research aimed at changing the participants’ understandings. We found that through a trust-building process the critical friend acted as a catalyst for systematic reflections, helping leaders to set aside time and space to reflect. This has contributed to new ways of talking and thinking and has enhanced the leaders’ system thinking.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofjournalEducational Action Research
dc.subject.fieldofresearchEducation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode39
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsCritical friend
dc.subject.keywordsdialogue meetings
dc.subject.keywordsreflections
dc.subject.keywordsEducational Research
dc.titleEnhancing system thinking-a superintendent and three principals reflecting with a critical friend
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHenriksen, OH; Aas, M, Enhancing system thinking-a superintendent and three principals reflecting with a critical friend, Educational Action Research, 2020
dcterms.licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.date.updated2020-07-24T06:19:22Z
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gro.rights.copyright© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
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