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    Assembling the actors: exploring the challenges of ‘system leadership’ in education through Actor-Network Theory (2017)

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    https://hdl.handle.net/10092/101530
    
    Publisher's DOI/URI
    http://doi.org/10.1080/02680939.2017.1380231
    
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    Informa UK Limited
    ISSN
    0268-0939
    1464-5106
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    English
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    Kamp A
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    Abstract

    This paper presents insights into the leadership implications of recent shifts in a range of policy contexts towards notions of collaboration and partnership. The paper draws on empirical research into the formation and operation of government instituted networks in the context of education in Victoria, Australia. From 2001, School Networks and Local Learning and Employment Networks (LLEN) were implemented by the state government to support young people in their transition through school and into employment in a context of a risk society, a context where pathways into sustainable employment for young people, and others, had become more erratic. For comparative purposes, the paper also draws on published research into the implementation of joined-up approaches, including Primary Strategy Learning Networks (PSLN), in England. Using concepts from Actor-Network Theory (ANT), the paper argues for the value of considering the full range of actors – both human and non-human, real and unreal – involved in networking initiatives and proposes some thoughts on the implications of such a sociology of associations for both leadership and governance.

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    Kamp A (2017). Assembling the actors: exploring the challenges of ‘system leadership’ in education through Actor-Network Theory. Journal of Education Policy. 33(6). 778-792.
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    Keywords
    Partnership; Collaboration; Leadership; Actor-Network Theory; Governance; Networks
    ANZSRC Fields of Research
    39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390403 - Educational administration, management and leadership
    39 - Education::3902 - Education policy, sociology and philosophy::390201 - Education policy
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