Principal's Actions Through Distributed Leadership Dimensions: A Case Study of Two Public Spanish Schools

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https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-edurev.v1.1967

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Distributed leadership, Dimensions, Principal, Qualitative study, Case study, Spanish Publics Schools

Abstract

Experience has shown that the attitude of the person assuming the management functions in the school is a key and decisive element in the quality of the change processes in the school. Of these ideas is born, the concept of distributed leadership (DL). The research design is a case study. The main objective is to understand the four dimensions of DL and the actions of the Principal through representative cases of two schools. The techniques used to collect information were documentary analysis, questionnaires, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and observation. An analysis of the data and conclusions are provided.

Author Biography

Ingrid del Valle García, Pablo Olavide University, Sevilla, Spain.

Ingrid García is a PhD in Social Science and Psicologist from Pablo Olavide, Seville, Spain. Distributed Leadership, Organization management and, in particular, Public Principals school of Madrid are the main areas of her scientific research. These have also been the focus of her numerous scientific and professional papers and international congress. Ingrid García has years of experience as university professor and also as executive positions. She is working now on the school ´s distributed leadership , influenced by technology, the crushing processes of globalization, changes in laws and programs, innumerable conflicts social and curricula, uncontrolled immigration and inequalities. The kind of research is descriptive, quantitative and qualitative methods and cases are used.

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12-01-2020

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García, I. del V. (2020). Principal’s Actions Through Distributed Leadership Dimensions: A Case Study of Two Public Spanish Schools. EDU REVIEW. International Education and Learning Review Revista Internacional De Educación Y Aprendizaje, 1(2), 101–110. https://doi.org/10.37467/gka-edurev.v1.1967

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): The International Education and Learning Review 1(2)

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