Archambault, Jean, Garon, Roseline

Abstract：This study aims at understanding how elementary school principals in disadvantaged areas implement transformative leadership for social justice. Our previous studies showed that social justice is rarely present in principals' discourse. Using a transformative leadership framework, we analysed data from the observation of these school principals. Data failed to show evidence of transformative behaviour on the part of principals. Because of some concerns and questions that arose from these findings, we found and interviewed three outstanding elementary school principals who are implementing transformative leadership in their schools. In contrast with our previous data, our present data shows that these principals have a rich view of social justice, that they see instances of inequities in their schools, that they identify situations in which they can implement transformative leadership, and that they report intervening to fight inequities. We also discuss the implications of these results in the follow-up of our research programme.

Keywords：urban schools; elementary school principals; educational leadership

总结：

1、本文旨在了解贫困地区的小学校长如何为社会正义实现变革领导。以往的研究表明，社会公正在校长话语中出现的几率很小。

2、通过使用一个变革领导的框架，我们对这些校长进行了观察和分析。数据并未说明变革行为的主体，因为从这些调查结果中出现的一些问题，我们发现并且采访了三位优秀的小学校长，他们正在自己的学校实施变革领导。与之前的数据相比，现在的数据表明这些校长对于社会公正有一个广阔的观点：他们在自己的学校看到了不公平的实例，他们确定了一种可以实现变革领导的情况，并且他们对对抗不公平现象进行了报告。除此之外，笔者还对研究结果对后续研究的影响进行了讨论。

来源:International Studies in Educational Administration (Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration & Management (CCEAM)). 2013, Vol. 41 Issue 2, p49-66. 18p.