Indroductory Stages of Basic Headteachers´Professional Careers
Vol.14,No.1(2009)
People in School and their Relations
The text covers the first stages of the headteacher function: becoming a headteacher. Presented are the specific phases of the career of each headteacher, specifically the decision to make a career change (to become headteacher), the assumption of the headteacher function, and the adaptation to the new professional role. The reserach on which the contribution is based was conceived as a qualitative investigation. Through the method of life history, important life events in the start of headteachers’ professional careers are outlined. The framework design for data collection and interpretation was the narrative approach in the form of a comprehensive method of life history. The retrospective view makes it possible to grasp the interaction between the image of important life events and the vertical shifts in the hitherto career. Also, the text supports the hypothesis that such stages not only shape the future development of the headteachers’ professional careers but significantly affect school management.
keywords: basic school headteachers, life history, professional career
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