Analysis of educational leadership at rural early-childhood and primary schools: a case study in Teruel (Aragon, Spain)

Lorenzo Lacruz, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Domingo Cebrián, V. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Nolasco Hernández, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Abos Olivares, P. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Rural schools are a distinctive feature in the autonomous community of Aragon, as state-run rural schools are the main cultural institution in small towns. This research was conducted in four grouped rural schools (hereafter referred to by their Spanish acronym, CRAs) in the province of Teruel in 2017. Our objectives included analising the views of management team members and teachers on educational leadership with a special emphasis on the rural school’s differentiating elements. Four CRAs were chosen in the province of Teruel. Three teachers and six members of management teams participated and the study data were collected using a qualitative interview. The content analysis of the interview was conducted using the NVivo program and was organised into two fundamental areas: views of educational leadership and the skills this leadership includes. The general perception of management teams and teachers is positive; they value the effort put into performing the work and understand that both management and CRAs are complex. They also appreciate the management teams’ organisation of training and its contents. This analysis suggests a set of conditions that provides a qualitative insight into management possibilities and limitations in the CRA model.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2019.1657590

Año: 2022

Publicado en: International Journal of Leadership in Education 25, 6 (2022), 966-983
ISSN: 1360-3124

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 3.1 - Social Sciences (Q1) - Arts and Humanities (Q1) - Business, Management and Accounting (Q2)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.519 - Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Strategy and Management (Q2) - Education (Q2)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/Fundación Universitaria Antonio Gargallo

Tipo y forma: Artículo (PostPrint)

Área (Departamento): Área Didáctica y Organiz. Esc. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)
Área (Departamento): Área Métod.Invest.Diag.Educac. (Dpto. Ciencias de la Educación)