Liderar los aprendizajes: acciones concretas en pos de la mejora escolar (Leading learning: concrete actions in pursuit of school improvement)

Abstract

In order to handle the role, incidence and evolution of school leadership in recent years, Michael Fullan focuses his analysis on three fundamental themes: leading learning, creating coherence and facilitating the teaching professional task. From this perspective, the author highlights some key aspects for the Chilean context. Especially, he justifies, from the evidence, the value of making the greatest possible efforts to concentrate the leadership function in the improvement of teaching practices.

Resumo

A fim de dar conta do papel, incidência e evolução da liderança escolar nos últimos anos, Michael Fullan concentra sua análise em três temas fundamentais: liderar a aprendizagem, criar coerência e facilitar a tarefa profissional docente. Nessa perspectiva, o autor destaca alguns aspectos fundamentais para o contexto chileno. Especialmente, justifica a partir de evidências o valor de fazer os maiores esforços possíveis para concentrar a função de liderança na melhoria das práticas de ensino.

Resumen

Con el objetivo de dar cuenta del papel, incidencia y evolución del liderazgo escolar en los últimos años, Michael Fullan centra su análisis en tres temáticas fundamentales: liderar los aprendizajes, crear coherencia y facilitar la tarea profesional docente. Desde esa óptica, el autor subraya algunos aspectos claves para el contexto chileno. Especialmente, reivindica desde la evidencia el valor de hacer los mayores esfuerzos posibles por concentrar la función directiva en la mejora de las prácticas de enseñanza.

Keywords: School leadership, Michael Fullan, Teacher, Teaching practices.

Palavras-chave: Liderança escolar, Michael Fullan, Docente, Práticas de ensino.

Palabras claves: Liderazgo escolar, Michael Fullan, Profesor, Prácticas de enseñanza.

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