Abstract
This paper, which is set within the Maltese education scenario of unfolding decentralization through the setting up of multi-site collaboratives (legally termed ‘colleges’) via a policy mandate, explores a particular aspect of this reform – that of ‘networking’. This is examined in terms of the potential for ‘networking’ that educational leaders have at both school and college level, and the ‘effects’ of these (non-)opportunities on both the leaders and the network itself as it is ensconced within the emerging discourse of collaboration as opposed to that of isolationism. This issue is investigated through the following research questions:
What benefits, if any, are being reaped by the educational leaders at both school and college level, following the introduction of networks and networking?
What opportunities for networking exist between the Principal and the Heads, and among the Heads themselves?
What possibilities are present for collaboration to take place beyond the network at different hierarchical leadership levels?
What benefits, if any, are being reaped by the educational leaders at both school and college level, following the introduction of networks and networking?
What opportunities for networking exist between the Principal and the Heads, and among the Heads themselves?
What possibilities are present for collaboration to take place beyond the network at different hierarchical leadership levels?
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | European Conference on Educational Research 2015 - Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary Duration: 7 Sept 2015 → 11 Sept 2015 |
Conference
| Conference | European Conference on Educational Research 2015 |
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| Abbreviated title | ECER 2015 |
| Country/Territory | Hungary |
| City | Budapest |
| Period | 7/09/15 → 11/09/15 |
| Other | Education and Transition. Contributions from Educational Research |