School principals are increasingly working in an environment of
work intensification, high stakes testing, accountability pressures
and increased managerialism. Rather than searching for the latest
leadership fad or best practice model, this book suggests that in
order to better understand these pressures, the work of educational
leadership requires more sophisticated theorisation of these
practices. In so doing, the book draws upon the work of Michel
Foucault to provoke new thought into how the principalship is lived
and disciplined' in ways that produce both contradictions and
tensions for school principals. Amidst claims of a shortage of
applicants for principal positions in a number of Western
countries, what is required are more sophisticated and nuanced
tools with which to understand the pressures and constraints that
face principals in their work on a daily basis. This book provides
a powerful example of theory working through practice to move
beyond traditional approaches to school leadership. Key features of
the book: * Provides a well theorised analysis of leadership
practices * Acknowledges the messy reality of life for school
principals * Provides key insights to the real' work that
principals undertake every day * Examines the production of
principals' subjectivities in education, foregrounding issues of
gender and race * Includes the principals' voices through rich
interview data. The book will be of significant interest to
principals and those working and researching in educational
leadership, including researchers in the field and academics who
teach into educational leadership and administration courses. The
book will also be of great interest to those working with the ideas
of Foucault in education.
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