Journal article
Collaborative Inquiry and School Leadership Growth: An Australian Adaptation of an Albertan Approach
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Vol.67(3), pp.262-272
2021
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Abstract
This article introduces an Australian adaptation of an approach to supporting school leadership and improvement pioneered by educationalists David Townsend and Pam Adams, from Alberta, Canada. Referred to as the North Coast Initiative for School Improvement, the adaptation involved school leaders, academics, and government officials who combined to implement the twin processes of collaborative inquiry and generative dialogue at about sixty primary and secondary schools across the North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The initiative appears from all reports to have been both well received and highly impactful, including in terms of improved student performance. This issue of the AJER offers an exploration from an Australian perspective of the principles underpinning the two processes. It also presents case studies from an Australian setting of the impact of these processes on school leadership and improvement.
Details
- Title
- Collaborative Inquiry and School Leadership Growth: An Australian Adaptation of an Albertan Approach
- Creators
- William Edgar Boyd (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityMartin Hayden (Author) - Southern Cross University
- Publication Details
- Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Vol.67(3), pp.262-272
- Publisher
- University of Alberta
- Identifiers
- 991012962799602368
- Academic Unit
- Office of the Vice Chancellor; Faculty of Education; Emeritus Faculty
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article