Primary school leadership in England: performativity and matters of professionalism Keddie, Amanda 2017, Primary school leadership in England: performativity and matters of professionalism, British journal of sociology of education, pp. 1-12, doi: 10.1080/01425692.2016.1273758. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Primary school leadership in England: performativity and matters of professionalism Author(s) Keddie, Amanda orcid.org/0000-0001-6111-0615 Journal name British journal of sociology of education Start page 1 End page 12 Total pages 12 Publisher Taylor & Francis Place of publication Abingdon, Eng. Publication date 2017 ISSN 0142-5692 1465-3346 Keyword(s) performativity educator professionalism school accountability Summary This article presents interview data from a study involving nine primaryschool leaders. Five are leaders of local authority schools while four areleaders of schools within a large academy chain. The article examinestheir perspectives about the current regimes of performativity in theEnglish education context and, in particular, the accountability demandsof Ofsted. Mindful of contemporary concerns about the tensions betweenperformativity and professionalism in education, the analysis highlightsthe different ways in which each group responds to external accountabilitydemands. The article illustrates how investments in traditional andentrepreneurial professionalism continue to impact on how the currentdemands of performativity are understood. It highlights the significanceof conceptualising educator professionalism beyond dichotomies thatidealise the former at the expense of the latter and the importance of anongoing critical focus on the ways in which professionalism is currently being articulated in schools. Notes In Press Language eng DOI 10.1080/01425692.2016.1273758 Field of Research 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 1303 Specialist Studies In Education 1608 Sociology 1399 Other Education Socio Economic Objective 939903 Equity and Access to Education HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2017, Informa UK Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090745 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Education Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to in press version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 20 Jan 2017, 15:16:54 EST Sat, 21 Jan 2017, 04:00:29 EST Sat, 11 Feb 2017, 01:30:11 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2017, 05:05:53 EST Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 10:50:35 EST Fri, 24 Feb 2017, 10:52:44 EST Fri, 21 Apr 2017, 13:49:37 EST Mon, 29 May 2017, 13:57:56 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 21 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 20 Jan 2017, 15:16:54 EST

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