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På besök i svenska förskolerektorers kontroversiella rum
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Principal Development. Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. (CVIL)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3006-1720
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Principal Development. Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. (CVIL)ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6240-587x
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Political Science. Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Principal Development. (CVIL)ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9897-7850
Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Centre for Principal Development. Umeå University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology. (CVIL)
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2024 (Swedish)In: Nordisk Barnehageforskning, E-ISSN 1890-9167, Vol. 21, no 2, p. 186-205Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [sv]

Fokus för denna studie är svenska förskolerektorers kontroversiella frågor, ett hittills obeforskat område. Syftet är att synliggöra några av de kontroversiella frågor som rektorer i förskolor hanterar i sin vardag med ambitionen att öka kunskapen om förskolerektorers ledarskap. Studien har en explorativ ansats och den teoretiska utgångspunkten grundas i begreppet dilemmatiska rum vilket vidareutvecklats till kontroversiella rum i artikeln. Vi menar att kontroversiella frågor är konstruerade i en specifik social kontext vilket påverkar hur rektorer positionerar sig. I analysen synliggörs hur de kontroversiella rummen är konstituerade. Resultatet grundas i sju semistrukturerade intervjuer. I resultatet synliggörs hur rektorerna behöver navigera i tre olika kontroversiella rum i relation till lojalitet, ledning och värden. Rektorers kontroversiella rum kan ses som ett uttryck för en utmanande position som kräver att man måste ta hänsyn till många intressen i sitt ledarskap. Att dessutom göra det i en verksamhet som präglats av en stark egalitär kultur gör själva ledarskapet till en utmaning. I denna kontext riskerar många ledarhandlingar upplevas som kontroversiella även om det är en naturlig del av att vara rektor.

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The focus in this article is on controversial issues through the eyes of Swedish preschool principals. The aim is to make visible some of the controversial issues that principals encounter in their everyday lives, with an ambition to increase knowledge about preschool principals’ leadership. The study has an exploratory approach, based on seven semi-structured interviews, and the theoretical starting point is based on the concept of dilemmatic space, which has been further developed into controversial space in this article. We think that controversial issues are constructed in a specific social context, which affects how principals position themselves. The results demonstrate how the principals need to navigate in three different controversial spaces in relation to loyalty, management and values. We can see the principals’ controversial spaces as an expression of a challenging position that requires one to take many interests into account. Doing so in a preschool characterized by a strong egalitarian culture makes leadership a challenge. In this context, many leadership actions risk being perceived as controversial, even if they are a natural part of being a principal.

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Cappelen Damm Akademisk, 2024. Vol. 21, no 2, p. 186-205
Keywords [en]
controversial issues, dilemmas, leadership, positioning
Keywords [sv]
dilemman, kontroversiella frågor, ledarskap, positioneringar
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Social Sciences
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educational leadership
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-228453DOI: 10.23865/nbf.v21.438OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-228453DiVA, id: diva2:1888860
Available from: 2024-08-14 Created: 2024-08-14 Last updated: 2024-08-14Bibliographically approved

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