Educational leadership and teacher involvement as success factors in schools in disadvantaged areas of Spain

Authors

  • Jordi Pàmies Rovira Autonomuos University of Barcelona
  • Joan Maria Senent Sánchez University of Valencia
  • Miquel Angel Essomba Gelabert Autonomuos University of Barcelona

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7203/relieve.22.2.7600

Keywords:

disadvantaged backgrounds, academic achievement, educational leadership, teachers

Abstract

Research into education and inequalities shows that families’ socio-economic background is one of the factors that has a determinig effect on the achievement of academic results. However, while not denying the influence of external factors, research also highlight the key role the school and school agents can play in more vulnerable young people’s educational pathways and academic achievements. It also finds that schools with similar student profiles display different levels of achievement.This article presents the results of a research project aimed at identifying factors that contribute to academic success in primary and secondary schools located in disadvantaged socio-economic areas in four major cities in Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Seville and Valencia). This research shows the importance of internal institutional dimensions for academic results and the impact of the educational leadership displayed by school directors and teachers on academic achievement

Author Biographies

Jordi Pàmies Rovira, Autonomuos University of Barcelona

Professor of the Department of Systematic and Social Pedagogy at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and member of the EMIGRA-CER Migration Research group. Its main lines of work are "education, inequalities and migrations" and "educational policies aimed at the management of cultural diversity". His postal address is Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departamento Pedagogía Sistemática y Social. Edifici G6-Despacho 145. Campus de Bellaterra. 08193-Bellaterra. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain).

Joan Maria Senent Sánchez, University of Valencia

Full Professor of the University of Valencia in the Dept. of Comparative Education and History of Education. Its main lines of research are "comparative and international education", "teacher training and social educators", "student and teacher mobility", "development cooperation in education" and "group dynamics and educational innovation in school ".His postal address is Universitat de València, Facultad de Filosofía y Ciencias de la Educación. Dept. Educació Comparada i Hª de l’Educació. Av. Blasco Ibañez, 30. 46010-València (Spain).

Miquel Angel Essomba Gelabert, Autonomuos University of Barcelona

Professor of the Department of Applied Pedagogy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Director of the research group ERIC (Research Team on Interculturality and Immigration in Catalonia). Its main lines of work are "intercultural education", "inclusion of minorities" and "didactic methodologies of inclusion of diversity".His postal address is Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departamento Pedagogía Aplicada. Edifici G6-Despacho 257. Campus de Bellaterra. 08193-Bellaterra. Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona (Spain).

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2016-12-01

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Vol. 22 No. 2 (2016)

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