Wood, Margaret and Pennington, Andrew and Su, Feng (2018) Pre-figurative practice and the educational leadership of Sir Alec Clegg in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England (1945-1974). Journal of Educational Administration and History, 50 (4). pp. 299-315. ISSN Print ISSN: 0022-0620 Online ISSN: 1478-7431
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This article recalls a time when local government infrastructure was strong and a Chief Education Officer’s (CEO) vision could be realised across a region, in Clegg's case the West Riding of Yorkshire, one of the largest of the pre-1974 counties in England. It is timely to revisit Clegg's educational leadership and practice from 1945-1974, as a valuable source of learning, and challenge to the current ideologically-informed policy rhetoric which has undermined the framework of democratic educational decision-making. The authors identify four possible areas to learn from Clegg’s work. Firstly, the need for CEOs or their modern-day equivalents or successors, to consider their potential as political and community leaders; secondly, Clegg’s leadership style prefigures some of the recent discussion about the leadership of public services in uncertain times; thirdly a re-evaluation of administration and bureaucracy; and lastly the need for supportive partnerships to enable schools to thrive.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information and Comments: | "This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article which will be published by Taylor & Francis Journal of Educational Administration and History in on 9th August 2018, available online:https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00220620.2018.1501010?journalCode=cjeh20" |
| Keywords: | Alec Clegg; education leadership; education policy; local authority; schools. |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Education |
| Depositing User: | Frank Su |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Jul 2018 08:49 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Nov 2024 10:31 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/2567 |
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