2008
Czech Headteachers Life and Professional Careers as Viewed by Their Critical Incidents
POL, Milan, Lenka HLOUŠKOVÁ, Petr NOVOTNÝ a Martin SEDLÁČEKZákladní údaje
Originální název
Czech Headteachers Life and Professional Careers as Viewed by Their Critical Incidents
Název česky
Životní a profesní dráha ředitelů českých škol viděná skrze klíčové momenty jejich dráhy
Autoři
POL, Milan (203 Česká republika, garant), Lenka HLOUŠKOVÁ (203 Česká republika), Petr NOVOTNÝ (203 Česká republika) a Martin SEDLÁČEK (203 Česká republika)
Vydání
konference ENIRDELM (European Network for Improving Research and Development in Educational Leadership and Management), Bergen, 2008
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
50300 5.3 Education
Stát vydavatele
Norsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/08:00025225
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
Headteachers;Life;Professional;Career;Critical Incidents
Štítky
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam
Změněno: 23. 6. 2009 12:51, doc. Mgr. Martin Sedláček, Ph.D.
V originále
The target of our research is to contribute to the knowledge of the theory and practice of the headteachers work in the context of their life and professional careers. Life and professional career is understood as an imaginary line created by an individual along his/her aims in life. It is influenced by the environment and related to the competencies, interests and opportunities of each individual (Hierbert, Borgen, 2002; Gysbers, Heppner, Johnston, 1998). This contribution will present answers to a major question of our research: What shapes the life and professional career of a headteacher of a Czech school? We are mainly be interested in who becomes school headteacher, in which stages of their lives headteachers adopt their position, which particular stages in the execution of their job are typical, which critical incidents are related to the position of the headteacher, and so forth. The qualitative approach, using a biographical design and a specific method of life history, has been chosen as the basic interpretational and methodological discourse. The choice of the biographical design is reasoned by the premise that it is the headteachers themselves who know best the work and the expectations related to the headteachers role. The life history is then understood as capturing the most important events having so far happened to the individual under observation - namely the headteacher. As numerous empirical examples show, this method makes it possible to discern specific stages and periods in life and, as well, contribute to their comprehension (Pascal, Ribbins, 1998). In this view, the main research method to be used is depth interview, enhanced by a few modified techniques (such as SWOT analysis in career planning, the portfolio of ones skills and experience, projective techniques, etc). The collection and analysis of data takes its course during the whole year 2008. Our contribution presents some of the results of the preliminary analyses, focusing the main attention on the identified critical incidents in the development of the Czech school headteachers life and professional careers. In other words, we are presenting the key factors that have been shaping their life and professional careers, observing such factors at both horizontal and vertical levels. On the vertical axis, critical events of the previous professional career will be demonstrated. The horizontal axis follows the development of the headteachers thinking and acting from the viewpoint of their individual attitudes to management and leadership processes. References COHEN, L., MANION, L., MORRISON, K.. Research Methods in Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2000. s. 446. ISBN 0-415-19541-1 GYSBERS, N. C., HEPPNER, M. J., JOHNSTON, J. A. Career Counselling. Process, Issues, and Techniques. USA: Allyn &Bacon, 1998. ISBN 0-205-17508-2 PASCAL, CH., RIBBINS, P. Understanding Primary Headteachers. London: Cassel, 1998. 251 s. ISBN 0-304-70268-4
Česky
The target of our research is to contribute to the knowledge of the theory and practice of the headteachers work in the context of their life and professional careers. Life and professional career is understood as an imaginary line created by an individual along his/her aims in life. It is influenced by the environment and related to the competencies, interests and opportunities of each individual (Hierbert, Borgen, 2002; Gysbers, Heppner, Johnston, 1998). This contribution will present answers to a major question of our research: What shapes the life and professional career of a headteacher of a Czech school? We are mainly be interested in who becomes school headteacher, in which stages of their lives headteachers adopt their position, which particular stages in the execution of their job are typical, which critical incidents are related to the position of the headteacher, and so forth. The qualitative approach, using a biographical design and a specific method of life history, has been chosen as the basic interpretational and methodological discourse. The choice of the biographical design is reasoned by the premise that it is the headteachers themselves who know best the work and the expectations related to the headteachers role. The life history is then understood as capturing the most important events having so far happened to the individual under observation - namely the headteacher. As numerous empirical examples show, this method makes it possible to discern specific stages and periods in life and, as well, contribute to their comprehension (Pascal, Ribbins, 1998). In this view, the main research method to be used is depth interview, enhanced by a few modified techniques (such as SWOT analysis in career planning, the portfolio of ones skills and experience, projective techniques, etc). The collection and analysis of data takes its course during the whole year 2008. Our contribution presents some of the results of the preliminary analyses, focusing the main attention on the identified critical incidents in the development of the Czech school headteachers life and professional careers. In other words, we are presenting the key factors that have been shaping their life and professional careers, observing such factors at both horizontal and vertical levels. On the vertical axis, critical events of the previous professional career will be demonstrated. The horizontal axis follows the development of the headteachers thinking and acting from the viewpoint of their individual attitudes to management and leadership processes. References COHEN, L., MANION, L., MORRISON, K.. Research Methods in Education. London: RoutledgeFalmer, 2000. s. 446. ISBN 0-415-19541-1 GYSBERS, N. C., HEPPNER, M. J., JOHNSTON, J. A. Career Counselling. Process, Issues, and Techniques. USA: Allyn &Bacon, 1998. ISBN 0-205-17508-2 PASCAL, CH., RIBBINS, P. Understanding Primary Headteachers. London: Cassel, 1998. 251 s. ISBN 0-304-70268-4
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