Headteachers and Inclusion: setting the tone for an inclusive school

Neves, Claudia; Almeida, Ana Patrícia; Ferreira, Marco

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Headteachers and Inclusion: setting the tone for an inclusive school

2023-01-27Journal article

datacite.subject.sdg	04:Educação de Qualidade	pt_PT
dc.contributor.author	Neves, Claudia
dc.contributor.author	Almeida, Ana Patrícia
dc.contributor.author	Ferreira, Marco
dc.date.accessioned	2023-01-30T12:30:17Z
dc.date.available	2023-01-30T12:30:17Z
dc.date.issued	2023-01-27
dc.description.abstract	Inclusion is an unavoidable dimension of education and the school’s mission. Educational organisations must therefore seek approaches and practices that materialise in the effective management of diversity, equity and inclusion, since these are conditions for the involvement of the whole community to achieve the goals of education for all. This study sought to answer (i) How do school leaders conceptualize equity and inclusion? (ii) What guidance and administrative procedures do headteachers use to facilitate inclusion? (iii) What characterises their practices concerning leadership for equity and inclusion? The empirical focus of the research was a set of school principals of Portuguese public schools, where a qualitative methodology was used, namely the interview survey technique. The sample gathered 11 interviewees. The results show that, although from an ideological point of view, headteachers have a broad conception of inclusive education, from an operational point of view, the evidence shows the implementation of normative practices. The data point to a reproduction of Portuguese policies and their priorities, showing a leadership engaged in targets, outcomes and performance indicators. The conclusions of the article point to the need to explore new possibilities for understanding inclusion and leadership, and these understandings may impact the school’s transformation toward successful inclusion.	pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorship	LE@D - Laboratório de Educação a Distância e E-learning	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Neves, C.; Almeida, A.P.; Ferreira, M. Headteachers and Inclusion: Setting the Tone for an Inclusive School. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 129. https://doi.org/10.3390/	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13020129	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/13237
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	MDPI	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Liderança	pt_PT
dc.subject	Inclusão	pt_PT
dc.subject	Metodologia qualitativa	pt_PT
dc.subject	School leadership	pt_PT
dc.subject	Inclusion	pt_PT
dc.subject	Qualitative methodology	pt_PT
dc.title	Headteachers and Inclusion: setting the tone for an inclusive school	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.issue	13	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	Education Sciences	pt_PT
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