Evidencing Relational Trust within Mathematics Leadership Activity

Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/

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Trust (Psychology); Mathematics Instruction; Instructional Leadership; Learning Experience; Leadership Role; Faculty Development; Middle Management; Foreign Countries; Literacy; National Competency Tests; Numeracy

We explore how relational trust was evidenced within the leadership activity of one mathematics leader using cultural-historical activity theory as a theoretical perspective. We use data from interview and observation sources to suggest that relational trust was a motive object of that mathematics leader's activity. Findings contribute knowledge about how relational trust dimensions, originally situated within middle leadership theory, were evidenced within that mathematics leader's activity whilst leading a professional learning experience in their school.

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2023

ED631555