This book puts 'real life' back into the literature on school
principalship. Through a life history approach, it portrays daily
life in schools as a much more messy, contested and precarious
existence, where principals struggle with passionate commitment to
find continuity amongst frequently changing and often conflicting
policy initiatives.
The book draws on comprehensively in-depth interview data with new,
experienced and veteran principals. Their life stories illustrate
the struggles involved in the ongoing negotiation of identities
through unprecedented change. The authors lucidly argue that:
* The realities of principals' lives are much more demanding that
rational linear approaches to reform suggest;
* A revolving door approach to the appointment of principals is
inadequate
* Passion is central to the lives and work of principals, but this
passion needs to be rejuvenated and rekindled through opportunities
for learning
* There is a need for further research on the relationship between
the lifecycles of principals, the leadership legacies of school
communities and the cycles of mandated reforms as a means of
lending coherence to leadership learning and sustained and renewed
leaders.
This is essential reading for principals and their professional
bodies, academics and researchers, school leaders on leadership
courses internationally.
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