Daphne Whiteoak
Negotiating meaning in multiple communities of practice: reconciliation and dis-identification in the identity work of headteachers leaving Anglican primary schools
Whiteoak, Daphne; Thomson, Pat
Authors
PATRICIA THOMSON patricia.thomson@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Education
Contributors
Steven J. Courtney
Editor
Ruth McGinity
Editor
Helen M. Gunter
Editor
Abstract
Understanding why headteachers leave their posts and leave headship before retirement is crucial to limit the haemorrhaging of headteachers from the system. We utilise the communities of practice framework to examine the identity work of Anglican headteachers as members of multiple communities. The challenges of negotiating meaning can lead to dis-identification with members and/or the practice of communities and is made more complex by the need to reconcile different forms of membership across boundaries. This conceptual framework provides a powerful analytic tool through which to understand the identity work of headteachers and headteacher departure.
Citation
Whiteoak, D., & Thomson, P. (2018). Negotiating meaning in multiple communities of practice: reconciliation and dis-identification in the identity work of headteachers leaving Anglican primary schools. In R. McGinity, S. J. Courtney, & H. M. Gunter (Eds.), Educational Leadership: Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK: Routledge
Online Publication Date | Oct 16, 2019 |
---|---|
Publication Date | 2018 |
Deposit Date | Jan 6, 2021 |
Publisher | Routledge |
Edition | 1st |
Book Title | Educational Leadership: Theorising Professional Practice in Neoliberal Times |
Chapter Number | 5 |
ISBN | 9781317217367 |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1214513 |
Publisher URL | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315620572-5/negotiating-meaning-multiple-communities-practice-daphne-whiteoak-pat-thomson |
Contract Date | Aug 10, 2017 |
You might also like
Why bother with arts education in schools?
(2024)
Journal Article
Leaders resisting? The very idea
(2024)
Book Chapter
Downloadable Citations
About Repository@Nottingham
Administrator e-mail: discovery-access-systems@nottingham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search