Dirección escolar y liderazgo: análisis del desempeño de la figura directiva en centros de educación primaria de Tarragona

Identifier:  TDX:2531

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX2531

Authors:  Camarero Figuerola, Marta

Abstract:
Scientific literature considers school management as the second more influential factor in schooling outcomes; the first one is the teacher staff action. Our study analyzes the general trends of the exercise of school leadership regarding the professional competence profile of the directors in the exercise; the tasks and functions that really developed; the satisfaction in relation to their position and their needs for optimal leadership. It also aims to compare these trends with current legislation and international recommendations on educational leadership theory, in order to identify patterns of school improvement that teams develop in schools under current conditions. To do that, we use a representative sample of 129 elementary schools (public schools, state-subsidised schools and private schools) in the Department of Education of Tarragona. It has been used a questionnaire online intended to the principals that picks up their opinions on the development of its function, as well as the conditions that determine their principalship model. The diversity and the representation of the sample, allows to carry out a distinguishing analysis of the school management within the different schools typology (rural, urban, state-subsided, private and with a high complexity) and to obtain information related to the management models developed. The results show a greater presence of management based mainly on management in contrast to models that are based on the pedagogical leadership, as well as the avoidance of actions relating to the coordination and participation of the educational community in the governance of schools. The legal advances encourage a progressive professionalization of the principals. Also appear relationships between leadership, gender and experience in the job.