Cette étude de cas à méthodes mixtes vise à comprendre auprès des diplômés d’immersion française (IF) qui étudient à l’Université de l’Alberta, leurs motivations liées au choix de la langue dans la poursuite des études postsecondaires. Nos résultats ont révélé que les élèves qui poursuivent une éducation postsecondaire dans les programmes francophones sont altruistes et manifestent des motivations instrumentales par rapport à la langue française (par exemple : perspectives d’emplois encourageantes pour les personnes bilingues, sauvegarde des acquis linguistiques). De plus, ces personnes ont une régulation identifiée (prise de conscience de l’importance du français pour atteindre des buts personnels) supérieure à celle de leurs collègues qui étudient en langue anglaise. Néanmoins, la notoriété perçue des établissements offrant des programmes francophones, ainsi que l’identité linguistique construite par ces élèves durant leur séjour en IF exercent une réelle influence sur leur processus décisionnel.
这项混合方法案例研究旨在了解在阿尔伯塔大学就读的法语浸入式（FI）毕业生在接受高等教育时选择语言的动机。我们的研究结果表明，在法语专业接受高等教育的学生具有利他主义倾向，在法语方面表现出工具性动机（如鼓励双语者的就业前景、保护语言技能）。此外，与学习英语的人相比，这些人的识别调节能力（意识到法语对实现个人目标的重要性）更强。然而，提供法语课程的院校的声誉，以及这些学生在 FI 学习期间构建的语言身份，对他们的决策过程产生了真正的影响。
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L’impact du développement des technologies numériques sur l’éducation fait l’objet de recherches soutenues (Huang et al., 2020), mais ce sujet n’est pas systématiquement pris en compte dans les documents d’orientations gouvernementales destinés au personnel de direction d’établissement d’enseignement (DÉ). Afin de comprendre ce qui peut expliquer l’absence d’une référence aux technologies numériques dans des référentiels de compétences des DÉ, il importe de s’attarder aux exigences liées à cette fonction. Dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche s’inscrivant dans un parcours doctoral, l’analyse documentaire de 24 référentiels de compétences a permis d’identifier les endroits où nous trouvons des références aux technologies numériques. Également, l’analyse structurale et sémantique des énoncés liés aux compétences et repérés dans ces référentiels a permis d’identifier les habiletés et les connaissances associées aux technologies numériques.
数字技术的发展对教育的影响一直是持续研究的主题（Huang et al.为了理解为什么在教育行政人员的能力框架中没有提及数字技术，有必要研究一下这一职位的要求。作为博士研究项目的一部分，我们对 24 个能力框架进行了文献综述，找出了其中提到数字技术的地方。通过对这些参考框架中与能力相关的陈述进行结构和语义分析，我们还确定了与数字技术相关的技能和知识。
{"title":"Référentiels de compétences professionnelles de directions d’établissement d’enseignement et technologies numériques : une analyse documentaire, structurale et sémantique","authors":"Michel Lacasse, Lucie Héon","doi":"10.7202/1111529ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111529ar","url":null,"abstract":"L’impact du développement des technologies numériques sur l’éducation fait l’objet de recherches soutenues (Huang et al., 2020), mais ce sujet n’est pas systématiquement pris en compte dans les documents d’orientations gouvernementales destinés au personnel de direction d’établissement d’enseignement (DÉ). Afin de comprendre ce qui peut expliquer l’absence d’une référence aux technologies numériques dans des référentiels de compétences des DÉ, il importe de s’attarder aux exigences liées à cette fonction. Dans le cadre d’un projet de recherche s’inscrivant dans un parcours doctoral, l’analyse documentaire de 24 référentiels de compétences a permis d’identifier les endroits où nous trouvons des références aux technologies numériques. Également, l’analyse structurale et sémantique des énoncés liés aux compétences et repérés dans ces référentiels a permis d’identifier les habiletés et les connaissances associées aux technologies numériques.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"21 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141106591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted academic labour, with women being disproportionately negatively affected. This scoping review provides an exploratory snapshot into the corpus of literature investigating the impact of the pandemic on academic labour. We used a set of criteria to first identify the 86 titles from which we selected 45 as the data set. We analyzed the data on characteristics of location, investigative methods, publication information, and discipline. The findings showed that most of the data were global in context; used primarily qualitative methodologies; published in a wide variety of journals; and spanned diverse disciplines, including science and health, education, business, sociology, and political sciences. We then analyzed the data thematically. The themes we identified were gender inequity, identities and intersectionality, performing work-home binaries, and invisible labour. We added a fifth theme, lived experiences, consisting of women academics’ firsthand accounts. We consider this theme unique, despite its overlap with the other themes, because it is evidence of women academics telling their personal stories. We discuss how our findings show that pandemic conditions worsened existing inequities. The solutions most often cited in the data place emphasis and responsibility on the individual, but we argue that institutions should instead be responsible to redress inequities through improving workplace labour processes. Our research can aid future research on how policy theory can inform socially just policies and practices in the post-pandemic university.
{"title":"Academic Women’s Labour During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review and Thematic Analysis of the Literature","authors":"Mara De Giusti Bordignon, Melody Viczko","doi":"10.7202/1111528ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111528ar","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted academic labour, with women being disproportionately negatively affected. This scoping review provides an exploratory snapshot into the corpus of literature investigating the impact of the pandemic on academic labour. We used a set of criteria to first identify the 86 titles from which we selected 45 as the data set. We analyzed the data on characteristics of location, investigative methods, publication information, and discipline. The findings showed that most of the data were global in context; used primarily qualitative methodologies; published in a wide variety of journals; and spanned diverse disciplines, including science and health, education, business, sociology, and political sciences. We then analyzed the data thematically. The themes we identified were gender inequity, identities and intersectionality, performing work-home binaries, and invisible labour. We added a fifth theme, lived experiences, consisting of women academics’ firsthand accounts. We consider this theme unique, despite its overlap with the other themes, because it is evidence of women academics telling their personal stories. We discuss how our findings show that pandemic conditions worsened existing inequities. The solutions most often cited in the data place emphasis and responsibility on the individual, but we argue that institutions should instead be responsible to redress inequities through improving workplace labour processes. Our research can aid future research on how policy theory can inform socially just policies and practices in the post-pandemic university.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141104955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
In response to the changing demographics of schools in Canada and efforts to better equip principals to challenging inequity, leadership preparation programs have adopted new policies focused more on leading with an equity lens. However, studies have demonstrated a disconnect between what is covered in these leadership programs and how school principals actually perceive their ability to lead equitably and work with diverse learners. Six current school principals and vice principals in Ontario, Canada who have successfully completed a Principal Qualification Program (PQP) course were interviewed to understand their perceptions on the program’s ability to prepare them to lead, and their perceptions on concepts of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). The racial experiences and identities of each participant shaped their definitions of EDI, as well as their understandings of difference. Study findings indicate several critical areas of change for principal preparation programs in Ontario: training guidelines, efforts to prepare educators to be equitable leaders, and the educators’ perceptions on their preparedness to lead. Utilization of Critical Race Theory in Education and Applied Critical Leadership additionally help frame analysis and support the need to integrate culturally relevant pedagogical practice into leadership preparation programs.
为了应对加拿大不断变化的学校人口结构，以及更好地培养校长挑战不平等的能力，领导力准备课程采取了新的政策，更加注重以公平的视角进行领导。然而，研究表明，这些领导力课程所涵盖的内容与校长们如何实际看待自己的公平领导能力以及与不同学习者合作的能力之间存在脱节。我们对加拿大安大略省六位成功完成了校长资格课程（PQP）的现任校长和副校长进行了访谈，以了解他们对该课程在培养他们领导能力方面的看法，以及他们对公平、多样性和包容性（EDI）概念的看法。每位参与者的种族经历和身份决定了他们对 EDI 的定义以及对差异的理解。研究结果表明，安大略省的校长预备课程需要在以下几个关键领域进行改革：培训指南、努力培养教育工作者成为公平的领导者，以及教育工作者对其领导能力的认识。此外，利用教育中的种族批判理论（Critical Race Theory in Education）和应用批判领导力理论（Applied Critical Leadership）有助于确定分析框架，并支持将文化相关的教学实践纳入领导力准备课程的必要性。
{"title":"An Examination of Educational Leadership Preparation in Ontario: Are Principals Prepared to Lead Equitably?","authors":"Nia Spooner","doi":"10.7202/1111524ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111524ar","url":null,"abstract":"In response to the changing demographics of schools in Canada and efforts to better equip principals to challenging inequity, leadership preparation programs have adopted new policies focused more on leading with an equity lens. However, studies have demonstrated a disconnect between what is covered in these leadership programs and how school principals actually perceive their ability to lead equitably and work with diverse learners. Six current school principals and vice principals in Ontario, Canada who have successfully completed a Principal Qualification Program (PQP) course were interviewed to understand their perceptions on the program’s ability to prepare them to lead, and their perceptions on concepts of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). The racial experiences and identities of each participant shaped their definitions of EDI, as well as their understandings of difference. Study findings indicate several critical areas of change for principal preparation programs in Ontario: training guidelines, efforts to prepare educators to be equitable leaders, and the educators’ perceptions on their preparedness to lead. Utilization of Critical Race Theory in Education and Applied Critical Leadership additionally help frame analysis and support the need to integrate culturally relevant pedagogical practice into leadership preparation programs.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"14 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141106797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
With the rise of neoliberal reforms and efforts to privatize education, there is a growing need to examine how actors and groups from the public and private sectors influence educational policy change together. In this article, we advance a critical approach to understanding the changing discursive space of educational politics by following discourses through an expansive policy network that goes beyond its traditional boundaries. Specifically, we draw on argumentative discourse analysis (ADA), which allows for the analysis of how and why various actors and groups come together to assign certain meanings to educational phenomena or problems, leading to policy responses or changes. Rooted in Foucault’s notions of discourse and power, ADA offers a unique approach to discourse analysis that can illuminate policy change through discourse coalitions. Three case studies from educational policy scholarship are discussed to illustrate the value and utility of ADA in future critical education policy studies.
随着新自由主义改革和教育私有化努力的兴起，越来越有必要研究公共和私营部门的参与者和团体如何共同影响教育政策的变化。在这篇文章中，我们通过超越传统界限的广阔政策网络，对各种话语进行跟踪研究，从而推进一种批判性的方法来理解教育政治话语空间的变化。具体而言，我们借鉴了论证性话语分析（ADA），该方法可以分析不同的参与者和团体如何以及为何聚集在一起，为教育现象或问题赋予特定含义，从而导致政策回应或变革。论辩式话语分析植根于福柯的话语和权力概念，提供了一种独特的话语分析方法，可以通过话语联盟揭示政策变革。本文讨论了教育政策学术研究中的三个案例研究，以说明 ADA 在未来批判性教育政策研究中的价值和作用。
{"title":"Educational Politics and Policy Change in Neoliberal Times: An Argumentative Discourse Analysis","authors":"Ee-Seul Yoon, Sue Winton, Amira El Masri","doi":"10.7202/1111522ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111522ar","url":null,"abstract":"With the rise of neoliberal reforms and efforts to privatize education, there is a growing need to examine how actors and groups from the public and private sectors influence educational policy change together. In this article, we advance a critical approach to understanding the changing discursive space of educational politics by following discourses through an expansive policy network that goes beyond its traditional boundaries. Specifically, we draw on argumentative discourse analysis (ADA), which allows for the analysis of how and why various actors and groups come together to assign certain meanings to educational phenomena or problems, leading to policy responses or changes. Rooted in Foucault’s notions of discourse and power, ADA offers a unique approach to discourse analysis that can illuminate policy change through discourse coalitions. Three case studies from educational policy scholarship are discussed to illustrate the value and utility of ADA in future critical education policy studies.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"30 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141103918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examines the impact of teachers’ professional development on Canadian allophone students’ learning and reading performance levels. We used the data from the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program 2016 involving Grade 8/Secondary II Canadian allophone students (N = 2,244) and teachers in French and English Language Arts (N = 598). Our correlation results show that Canadian allophone students’ reading achievement was positively associated with teachers’ professional development activities such as academic pursuits (e.g., university courses) and marking or scoring sessions. The correlations also demonstrate that teachers’ professional practice of curriculum development had a positive influence on the learning levels of Canadian allophone students who were born in Canada, while teachers’ participation in professional learning communities had a positive effect on Canadian allophone students who were not born in Canada.
{"title":"Impact of Teachers’ Professional Development on the Reading Achievement of Canadian Allophone Students","authors":"Y. Azovide, Yamina Bouchamma, Marc Basque","doi":"10.7202/1111525ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111525ar","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the impact of teachers’ professional development on Canadian allophone students’ learning and reading performance levels. We used the data from the Pan-Canadian Assessment Program 2016 involving Grade 8/Secondary II Canadian allophone students (N = 2,244) and teachers in French and English Language Arts (N = 598). Our correlation results show that Canadian allophone students’ reading achievement was positively associated with teachers’ professional development activities such as academic pursuits (e.g., university courses) and marking or scoring sessions. The correlations also demonstrate that teachers’ professional practice of curriculum development had a positive influence on the learning levels of Canadian allophone students who were born in Canada, while teachers’ participation in professional learning communities had a positive effect on Canadian allophone students who were not born in Canada.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"53 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141107269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
During the COVID-19 pandemic, student services leaders needed to adapt to working entirely virtually, find creative solutions to adjust their service delivery, and change how they engaged with their teams. Before COVID-19, studies of virtual leadership focused on virtual teams developed because of the geographical distance between team members. This qualitative study investigated virtual leadership and virtual teams developed because of the move to virtual work during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examined how student services leaders changed their leadership behaviours in response to moving to the virtual work environment. Using data gathered through a questionnaire, interviews, and documentation, four themes reflecting how leaders changed their behaviours and practices were identified: reimagining communication, reconstructing work using technology, reframing team support, and reorienting toward hybrid work. Understanding how these leaders managed their virtual teams at a midsized university in southern Ontario provides insight into what practices might be helpful for teams that continue exclusively virtual work and those that transition to a hybrid work approach.
{"title":"Examining the Virtual Leadership of Leaders in Higher Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study","authors":"Katlyn Guzar, Daniella Bianchi-Laubsch","doi":"10.7202/1111526ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111526ar","url":null,"abstract":"During the COVID-19 pandemic, student services leaders needed to adapt to working entirely virtually, find creative solutions to adjust their service delivery, and change how they engaged with their teams. Before COVID-19, studies of virtual leadership focused on virtual teams developed because of the geographical distance between team members. This qualitative study investigated virtual leadership and virtual teams developed because of the move to virtual work during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examined how student services leaders changed their leadership behaviours in response to moving to the virtual work environment. Using data gathered through a questionnaire, interviews, and documentation, four themes reflecting how leaders changed their behaviours and practices were identified: reimagining communication, reconstructing work using technology, reframing team support, and reorienting toward hybrid work. Understanding how these leaders managed their virtual teams at a midsized university in southern Ontario provides insight into what practices might be helpful for teams that continue exclusively virtual work and those that transition to a hybrid work approach.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"49 43","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141103359","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Nadia Arghash, Terry Kharyati, John Bosica
With research pointing to increased levels of stress and work demands on school leaders, attention has turned to examining the factors that contribute to their well-being. Studies have also shown that many school administrators not just survive but also thrive in their work and succeed despite work-related challenges. Furthermore, some principals experience flourishing at work, which is characterized by optimal functioning, feeling good, and achieving a balanced life. Our study examined the sense of flourishing of the national award-winning principals in the Canada’s Outstanding Principals program, which recognized outstanding contributions of principals in publicly funded schools. In this article, we describe the participants’ perceptions in relation to the following constructs in the overall flourishing: flow, thriving, resilience, and grit. This study highlights the conditions, behaviours, mindsets, and characteristics that are critical for the well-being of school administrators.
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Given the substantial impact school leaders have on school improvement, the imperative for continuous professional learning for leaders is evident. In this two-year action research study, researchers collaborated with a school division, forming a research-practice partnership, to design and explore a collaborative professional learning and coaching program. The primary objective of this program was to align with local leadership standards and foster leadership development. The central research question was: How does implementation of a collaborative professional learning and coaching program contribute to leadership development? Data were collected from district and school leaders and included pre and post surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The findings of this study indicate that district leadership practices show promising potential in fostering inservice opportunities for leadership development. These practices include the following: (a) ensure programs are sustained with a consistent focus, (b) utilize collaborative learning approaches, (c) assess growth through reflection and feedback, and (d) use action research to support continual improvement. This study aims to provide valuable insights to school districts and researchers regarding the implementation of sustained and job-embedded professional development for school leaders, with a specific focus on leadership development.
{"title":"Promising Practices for Leadership Development: Exploring a Collaborative Professional Learning and Coaching Program","authors":"Christy Thomas, Jennette Koehn, Jeff Turner","doi":"10.7202/1111527ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1111527ar","url":null,"abstract":"Given the substantial impact school leaders have on school improvement, the imperative for continuous professional learning for leaders is evident. In this two-year action research study, researchers collaborated with a school division, forming a research-practice partnership, to design and explore a collaborative professional learning and coaching program. The primary objective of this program was to align with local leadership standards and foster leadership development. The central research question was: How does implementation of a collaborative professional learning and coaching program contribute to leadership development? Data were collected from district and school leaders and included pre and post surveys, interviews, and focus groups. The findings of this study indicate that district leadership practices show promising potential in fostering inservice opportunities for leadership development. These practices include the following: (a) ensure programs are sustained with a consistent focus, (b) utilize collaborative learning approaches, (c) assess growth through reflection and feedback, and (d) use action research to support continual improvement. This study aims to provide valuable insights to school districts and researchers regarding the implementation of sustained and job-embedded professional development for school leaders, with a specific focus on leadership development.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"114 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141106173","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Little research has been done on the leadership practices that French-language school principals (FLSP) adopt to include students with special educational needs (SEN). Our research examines experiences that have influenced FLSP leadership in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario. The objective of this article is to help better understand the violent or disruptive behaviours of SENs that seven French Canadian school principals are confronted with and how these behaviours influence their leadership with respect to school inclusion. This data is part of the third phase of a pan-Canadian bilingual study. We will present a profile of the FLSP and examine critical incidents they face. Next, we will highlight some of their inclusive leadership practices. These results are based on reflection on experience, from a pragmatic Deweyian and critical perspective of school inclusion.
{"title":"Un aperçu de la violence et des comportements agressifs auxquels sont confrontées sept directions d’école de langue française au Canada","authors":"Mélissa Villella, Steve Sider","doi":"10.7202/1108432ar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7202/1108432ar","url":null,"abstract":"Little research has been done on the leadership practices that French-language school principals (FLSP) adopt to include students with special educational needs (SEN). Our research examines experiences that have influenced FLSP leadership in Quebec, New Brunswick and Ontario. The objective of this article is to help better understand the violent or disruptive behaviours of SENs that seven French Canadian school principals are confronted with and how these behaviours influence their leadership with respect to school inclusion. This data is part of the third phase of a pan-Canadian bilingual study. We will present a profile of the FLSP and examine critical incidents they face. Next, we will highlight some of their inclusive leadership practices. These results are based on reflection on experience, from a pragmatic Deweyian and critical perspective of school inclusion.","PeriodicalId":43834,"journal":{"name":"Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy","volume":"34 14","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-12-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138950087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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