How do I improve my leadership as a team leader
in Vocational Education in Further Education?
Abstract
Daisy Louisa Walsh. July 2004.
This dissertation is concerned with showing how I, as a Programme Area
Team Leader, for Vocational 'A' level, GNVQ and GCSE ICT, at a Further
Education College in the United Kingdom, have focussed on my commitment
as an educator and team leader in an action enquiry research.
Using a reflective journal I recorded my thoughts on significant events
throughout my practice. Using narratives I constructed representations
from the data gathered. I traced and explored my journey as a team leader
in Further Education. My concern was to improve my understanding of my
leadership practice for the benefit of my team and my students. In examining
my self-development, I have extended my own professional knowledge. I
aim to be a better team leader for the formation of a more effective team.
This dissertation makes an important contribution to my personal, educational
and professional development as the team leader. Vocational education,
its leadership and management, is uncharted territory for many school
and further education teachers who hold leadership position. By putting
the work of my dissertation in the public domain, I hope that other team
leaders in a similar vocational education context can relate in part to
some of my experiences.
CONTENTS
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Table
of Contents ........................................................................................................................Pages
Title page…………..………………………………………………………………………….........
i
Copyright ……………….…………..……………………………………………………………..
ii
Acknowledgements…………..…………………………………………………………………..
..iii
Dedication …………..…………………………………………………………………………….
iv
Abbreviations …………..……………………………………………………………………….....
v
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………….vi
Author Declaration……………………………………………………………………………….
.vii
Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………
viii
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………
ix - x
Chapter 1: Setting
the Scene……………………………………………………………………1
- 10
Background - My starting point
Values: Personal Values as grounding for my leadership study
Spiritual Values
Context
Chapter 2: The Power
of Words……………………………………………………………..11
- 23
Effective leadership and team leader's roles
Disaffected and disinterested stakeholders - the vocational FE assets
Continuing Professional Development to the rescue
Chapter 3: Methodology……………………………………………………………………
. 24 - 32
Action Research is the approach
What is 'self' that is at the centre of our life?
Validation and data collection
The data collection instruments
My research - tracing the beginning
Chapter 4: The Data,
The Evidence…………………………………………………………..
33 - 63
The voices that validate and quantity
My first set of data
Welcoming the strangers who bring new life
Creating opportunities for empowerment
Transformational leadership - leading beside peers
Taking responsibilities for learner's growth
Black is Beautiful
Being is first, Doing is second
Experience is a wonderful thing
Staking my claim to creating a living education theory
Limitations of process and outcomes of data collection methods
Reliability and validity of questionnaire
Reflecting on my reflective journal
Ethical Issues
Chapter 5: The Outcomes……………………………………………………………………
64 - 70
The Conclusion: There are no such things as problems; simply opportunities
for solutions
References ……………………………………………………………………………………71
- 73
Reflective Journal…………………………………………………………………………….
74 - 81
Appendices (Accessible
in the copy in the Library of the University of Bath)
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