Using Giddens structuration framework to investigate board level strategy making in English Multi Academy trust schools

  • Baxter, Jacqueline
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Publication date
January 2017
Language
English

Abstract

The restructuring of European education systems is leading to new relationships between state, local government and schools. Transnational policy innovations are placing increasing pressures on those who lead and govern schools (Moos & Paulsen, 2014). In England as in many other OECD countries (Moos & Paulsen, 2014) these elements combine with a political drive that seeks to on one hand encourage the self-improving school (Hargreaves, 2010), whilst on the other introducing more constraining systems of accountability and control (Baxter & Clarke, 2013). Within this school boards are central to systems of education governance, leadership and accountability. In the case of England rapid and sweeping changes to the system of education since 201...

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