TY  - JOUR
AB  - Institutions which train potential administrators are confronted
with how best to help them conceive their new role in a way that
supports school reform. Reports on study of candidates in a
non‐traditional principal preparation programme in order to examine the
socialization process of developing an innovative role conception.
Candidates completed a questionnaire on entry to the programme and were
interviewed at the end of the programme. Findings are reported in terms
of sources and definitions of role conception, as well as socialization
mechanisms. Candidates encountered conflict between the role conception
emphasized by the university and that of the school system in terms of
whether they stressed present reality or future change. During the
course of the programme, the sense of facilitating teachers gave way to
a sense of the principal′s autonomy in creating a vision and persuading
others to buy into that vision. Provides implications for training
principals and for future research.
VL  - 33
IS  - 1
SN  - 0957-8234
DO  - 10.1108/09578239510077034
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09578239510077034
AU  - Crow Gary M.
AU  - Glascock Catherine
PY  - 1995
Y1  - 1995/01/01
TI  - Socialization to a new conception of the principalship
T2  - Journal of Educational Administration
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 22
EP  - 43
Y2  - 2024/05/08
ER  -