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Publication Date: 2012-Jul
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The Role of Leaders in Enabling Student Voice
Mitra, Dana; Serriere, Stephanie; Stoicovy, Donnan
Management in Education, v26 n3 p104-112 Jul 2012
This article explores how leadership can help to enable student voice to occur in schools. We find that the relationship between teachers and the school leader is a critical context for enabling voice. Specifically, we find that the following concepts were important for efforts to enable and foster student voice: (1) clear vision of school that is incorporated deeply into practice as "the way we do things here"; (2) allowing opt-in strategies for teachers when possible; (3) recognizing that implementation across classrooms and personnel will vary depending on individual contexts, beliefs, and experiences. (Contains 1 figure and 1 note.)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, Student Empowerment, Teacher Administrator Relationship, Citizen Participation, Rural Areas, Rural Schools, Principals, Teacher Role, Elementary Schools, Teacher Surveys, Student Role, Program Implementation, Focus Groups, Interviews, Observation
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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