Dobson, Tom ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5354-9150 and Rose, Anthea (2023) Diverse landscapes of school governing body practices: the business sector learning cross boundaries. In: Tierney, Robert J, Rizvi, Fazal and Erkican, Kadriye, (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Education. Vol. 4. 4th ed. Elsevier, pp. 420-428

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Abstract

Global policy changes to school governance mean that school governing bodies are diverse landscapes of practice which include professionals from the business community. Prior research views governors from business as a threat to stakeholder models of governance. This chapter is drawn from an evaluation of Lloyds Banking Group’s (LBG) school governance programme where 18
LBG employees were interviewed throughout the first year in their governor roles. Adapting
Young’s categorisation of knowledge as ‘managerial’, ‘educational’ and ‘lay’, this chapter articulates
how LBG governors acquired ‘educational’ and ‘lay’ knowledge to transform their practices and
how this was underpinned by ‘authenticity’ associated with the stakeholder model. Data demonstrate how professional development of these governors was tentative and impactful rather than a threat. Pre COVID-19, some attended meetings remotely, demonstrating how technology can help governance in remote locations. The chapter concludes that the business sector has a role to play in school governance and understanding professional development is key.

Item Type:	Book Section
Status:	Published
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
School/Department:	School of Education, Language and Psychology
URI:	https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/10024

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