Rehtoreiden ja opettajien käsityksiä perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman toteutumista edistävistä tekijöistä laajan pedagogisen johtamisen viitekehyksessä

Examination of the of implementation of the basic education national core curriculum within the framework of broad-based pedagogical leadershipWe employed the framework of broad-based pedagogical leadership to investigate teachers’ and principals’ understandings of the elements of leadership that will promote the implementa-tion of the national core curriculum in schools. The data came from answers to open-ended questions in electronic surveys in 2018: teach-ers (N = 40) and principals (N = 43). We used directed content analysis to examine the writ-ten responses. Results indicate that principals’ viewpoints were unified. According to the prin-cipals, strategic leadership, interaction, and competence management would contribute to the implementation of the curriculum. Teachers’ views were more fragmented and less struc-tured. Teachers emphasized interaction, being goal-oriented, and a general understanding of everyday schooling