Does autonomy exist? Comparing the autonomy of teachers and senior leaders in England and Turkey


Hammersley-Fletcher L., KILIÇOĞLU D., KILIÇOĞLU G.

OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION, cilt.47, sa.2, ss.189-206, 2021 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/03054985.2020.1824900
  • Dergi Adı: OXFORD REVIEW OF EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, International Bibliography of Social Sciences, Periodicals Index Online, EBSCO Education Source, Education Abstracts, Educational research abstracts (ERA), ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Index Islamicus, Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts, PAIS International, Public Affairs Index
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.189-206
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Educational accountability, educational autonomy, schools, Turkish education, education in England, change management, SCHOOL AUTONOMY, ACCOUNTABILITY, EDUCATION, SYSTEM, LANGUAGE
  • Eskişehir Osmangazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Countries regarded as holding high levels of educational autonomy face a different set of constraints to that of countries with low levels of autonomy, these constraints being linked to the marketisation of schools. As schools become decentralised and given greater autonomy, school leaders are steered by a responsibilising framework that includes bureaucratic regulation, the discourses and practices of competitive enterprise, and external public accountability measures. This paper contrasts data gathered from school teachers and senior leaders from one high autonomy, high accountability context, England, with one low autonomy, low accountability context, Turkey. Through a process of semi-structured interviews with teachers and senior leaders, we investigated approaches to managing change. Responses revealed differences between countries with very different systems of accountability and the degree of autonomy available to staff. We also found that there were significant similarities in terms of the attitudes and pressures experienced by teachers and senior leaders that raise questions for our understandings and application of notions of teacher autonomy and accountability.