Strengthening educational leadership through a professional development programme in conjunction with a teaching-focused full professor career track: reflections of participants
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2024
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Crone, V.C.A.
Prins, Frans
Lutz, C.I.
Meijerman, Irma
Schutjens, Veronique
Van der Smagt, M.J.
Wijngaards-de Meij, Leoniek
Bovenschen, Niels
Kluijtmans, Manon
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Abstract
In this paper, we describe the underlying mechanisms that both facilitate and limit the formation of successful educational leadership of participants of the ‘Senior Fellow Programme’: a professional development programme in conjunction with a career track leading up to a teaching-focused full professorship. Based on an analysis of the context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configuration, we conclude that three interrelated and interacting mechanisms: (1) recognition, (2) reform, and (3) responsibility steer the way in which the participants can shape their teaching-focused leadership role. These findings may provide useful insight into how educational leadership is formed, even in vastly different contexts and institutional cultures.
Keywords
Educational leadership, academic development, community of practice, context-mechanism-outcome constellation, teaching-focused career track, Education
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Crone, V, Prins, F, Lutz, C I, Meijerman, I, Schutjens, V, van der Smagt, M, Wijngaards, L, Bovenschen, N & Kluijtmans, M 2024, 'Strengthening educational leadership through a professional development programme in conjunction with a teaching-focused full professor career track : reflections of participants', International Journal for Academic Development, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 366-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.2023.2207309