Primary Head Teachers’ Construction and Re-negotiation of Care in COVID-19 Lockdown in Scotland

Peter Ferguson; Megan McKenzie; Daniela Mercieca; Duncan P. Mercieca; Lesley Sutherland

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Primary Head Teachers’ Construction and Re-negotiation of Care in COVID-19 Lockdown in Scotland

Peter Ferguson, Megan McKenzie, Daniela Mercieca (Lead / Corresponding author), Duncan P. Mercieca, Lesley Sutherland

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This article looks at three primary Head Teachers’ experience of working in COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland. The theoretical framework of this paper builds on Nel Noddings’ ethics of care, with a particular focus on reciprocity, empathy, communication, and community. The three Head Teachers were interviewed during the pandemic lockdown. These interviews are part of a larger study that interviewed teachers and Head Teachers during COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland, asking how this lockdown challenged and influenced their identity as educators. The focus on care is important as during lockdown in Scotland the focus of home learning was on pupils and families’ well-being and care, rather than on performative acts of learning. This paper argues that the pandemic provided an alternative space for the Head Teachers to re-negotiate their caring role and identity in their understanding of being an educational leader.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Education Leadership and the COVID-19 Crisis
Editors	Michelle Diane Young, Monica Byrne-Jimenez, Margaret Grogan
Place of Publication	Switzerland
Publisher	Frontiers Media S.A.
Pages	154-166
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9782889743339
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/978-2-88974-333-9
Publication status	Published - Feb 2022

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ISSN (Electronic)	1664-8714

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COVID-19 lockdown
Head Teachers
Scotland
ethics of care
Nel Noddings
reciprocity
empathy
communication

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Primary Head Teachers’ construction and re-negotiation of care in COVID-19 lockdown in Scotland
Ferguson, P., McKenzie, M., Mercieca, D. (Lead / Corresponding author), Mercieca, D. P. & Sutherland, L., 31 Mar 2021, In: Frontiers in Education. 6, 13 p., 617869.
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