Leading Collaborative Educational Change: Lessons From the Hong Kong Context

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Abstract

Collaboration features as a dominant discursive concept and practice in education and an increasingly important component of leadership and change (Datnow 2018). Given its inherent complexity, there is still work to be done in understanding the nature of collaboration that leads to change, and the implications of this for leaders (Author 2024). Drawing upon interpretive policy analysis, and interviews with teachers and principals in Hong Kong, this paper (1) problematizes varied conceptualizations and practical realties of collaboration across research, policy, and practice, and (2) critically explores the role of leadership for collaboration in processes of educational change. This study offers new insights, particularly into the role of the socio-political context and accountability, when it comes to collaborative forms of change.

Author

• Paul Campbell, The University of Hong Kong