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The Principalship, Autonomy and After

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On an international scale, irrespective of systemic variance, the office of the principal – the principalship – is a key component in our conceptualisation of the social order of schooling. Large-scale projects such as the ISSPP reinforce the centrality of the principalship.

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Eacott, S. (2015). The Principalship, Autonomy and After. In: Educational Leadership Relationally. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-911-1_7

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