TY - JOUR
T1 - Teacher leadership as distributed leadership
T2 - heresy, fantasy or possibility?
AU - Harris, Alma
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - This article focuses on the issue of teacher leadership and explores various interpretations and definitions within the literature. It examines the relationship between teacher leadership and distributed leadership, focusing particularly upon the idea of activity theory. The article suggests that there are some important connections and overlaps between distributed leadership and teacher leadership. The article also discusses the possible sources of resistance to the idea of teachers as leaders in schools and explores how distributing leadership to teachers may contribute to building professional learning communities within and between schools.
AB - This article focuses on the issue of teacher leadership and explores various interpretations and definitions within the literature. It examines the relationship between teacher leadership and distributed leadership, focusing particularly upon the idea of activity theory. The article suggests that there are some important connections and overlaps between distributed leadership and teacher leadership. The article also discusses the possible sources of resistance to the idea of teachers as leaders in schools and explores how distributing leadership to teachers may contribute to building professional learning communities within and between schools.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33644982376&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1363243032000112801
U2 - 10.1080/1363243032000112801
DO - 10.1080/1363243032000112801
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644982376
SN - 1363-2434
VL - 23
SP - 313
EP - 324
JO - School Leadership and Management
JF - School Leadership and Management
IS - 3
ER -