Work Through the Folds

Chinese Vocational School Principals and Educational Equity
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-07145-7
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 128 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 367 g

The book explores the leadership of vocational high school principals in China, focusing on how their leadership is distributed among stakeholders and shaped by policy, culture, and social norms.

Based on a qualitative study of 31 Chinese vocational high school principals, the author seeks to understand their interpretations of equity in vocational education and the reasons behind their leadership actions. By analyzing their personal views and experiences, she connects their micro-narratives with the broader narratives of the market and cultural legitimacy of academic-vocational tracking policies. Ultimately, the book fosters a dialogue between existing empirical evidence on effective principal leadership styles and the process of principals’ becoming.

The book will appeal to scholars and students of principal leadership, school management, and educational policy, as well as school administrators and principals facing challenges of educational equity.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhan, Xi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungssystem Bildungspolitik, Bildungsreform
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Schulleitung, Schulentwicklung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Berufliche Bildung Wirtschaftspädagogik, Berufspädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: Introduction  2: Navigating Complexities in Educational Leadership in Vocational Education  3: Method and Samples  4: Principals' Quest for Educational Equity  5: Work Through the Folds as a Distributed Leader

Über Autor(innen)

Xi Zhan is the Assistant Professor and Senior Researcher at the School of Education, Nanjing University. Her research interest is educational leadership and policy.