The great divide: principals, teachers, and the long hallway between them

Abstract

This article, one of the keynote addresses at the joint ANZHES conference in December 2008, explores a concept that I call the Great Divide, by which I mean the cultural division between principals and teachers, and between principals and students. Drawing on visual imagery, historical reports, and cultural studies of American schools, I argue that the Great Divide is a historical construction of both administrative practices and representational culture that has led to misunderstandings of the complexity of the school principal’s middle managerial work in the school organisation.

Citation

Rousmaniere, K. (2009), "The great divide: principals, teachers, and the long hallway between them", History of Education Review, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1108/08198691200900010