ERIC Number: EJ1206423
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Mar
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1741-1432
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Distributed Leadership in the Construction of a New Higher Education Campus and Community
Vuori, Johanna
Educational Management Administration & Leadership, v47 n2 p224-240 Mar 2019
This study examines a teaching-oriented higher education community which undertook a major programme of change when planning a new campus and redesigning its pedagogics. This is a single case qualitative study based on in-depth interviews of community members and field observations and using activity theory as an analytical framework. It is suggested that instead of merely being a rhetorical tool of senior management, distributed leadership can be practised in higher education communities for the benefit of the learners, the teaching and administrative staff and the local community. The study emphasises the importance of the joint sense making of the pedagogical approach in the creation of distributed leadership practices in a teaching-oriented higher education community. It also highlights how higher education students may take an active role in a work system characterised by distributed leadership, and how the infrastructure of a campus building may support distributed leadership.
Descriptors: Multicampus Colleges, Participative Decision Making, Educational Change, College Instruction, Leadership, College Faculty, College Students, Administrators, Foreign Countries, School Construction, Educational Facilities Planning, Higher Education, Student Role
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Finland
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