Rehtoreiden ja opettajien käsityksiä perusopetuksen opetussuunnitelman toteutumista edistävistä tekijöistä laajan pedagogisen johtamisen viitekehyksessä

Abstract

Examination of the of implementation of the basic education national core curriculum within the framework of broad-based pedagogical leadershipWe employed the framework of broad-based pedagogical leadership to investigate teachers’ and principals’ understandings of the elements of leadership that will promote the implementa-tion of the national core curriculum in schools. The data came from answers to open-ended questions in electronic surveys in 2018: teach-ers (N = 40) and principals (N = 43). We used directed content analysis to examine the writ-ten responses. Results indicate that principals’ viewpoints were unified. According to the prin-cipals, strategic leadership, interaction, and competence management would contribute to the implementation of the curriculum. Teachers’ views were more fragmented and less struc-tured. Teachers emphasized interaction, being goal-oriented, and a general understanding of everyday schooling.