%0 Journal Article %1 Gunter2009 %A Gunter, Helen %A Thomson, Pat %D 2009 %J Educational Review %K UK education leadership pdf prj-education %N 4 %P 469 %R 10.1080/00131910903404020 %T The makeover: a new logic in leadership development in England %U http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/00131910903404020 %V 61 %X The authors focus on the investment into school leadership in England during the New Labour governments from 1997, and through this they make a contribution to an ongoing scholarly conversation about leadership development. They are concerned to both understand and explain leadership as a policy intervention into the professional practice and identities of the school workforce. They argue that one of the dominant genres of contemporary media - the makeover - has become part of the policy-making “game�?. The paper uses the metaphor of makeover to critically examine the current approach to leadership development and to examine the policy game at play in English education.

@article{Gunter2009, abstract = {The authors focus on the investment into school leadership in England during the New Labour governments from 1997, and through this they make a contribution to an ongoing scholarly conversation about leadership development. They are concerned to both understand and explain leadership as a policy intervention into the professional practice and identities of the school workforce. They argue that one of the dominant genres of contemporary media - the makeover - has become part of the policy-making “game�?. The paper uses the metaphor of makeover to critically examine the current approach to leadership development and to examine the policy game at play in English education.}, added-at = {2010-08-10T21:11:30.000+0200}, author = {Gunter, Helen and Thomson, Pat}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c4afc7e3c4d808f469b2cd32236b1d01/nicoj}, doi = {10.1080/00131910903404020}, interhash = {9de98ae55fc41dd9097fe3aa8bde10db}, intrahash = {c4afc7e3c4d808f469b2cd32236b1d01}, issn = {0013-1911}, journal = {Educational Review}, keywords = {UK education leadership pdf prj-education}, number = 4, pages = 469, shorttitle = {The makeover}, timestamp = {2012-08-06T22:06:35.000+0200}, title = {The makeover: a new logic in leadership development in England}, url = {http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/00131910903404020}, volume = 61, year = 2009 }