INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND POWER IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP OF HIGH SCHOOLS
INTERSUBJECTIVITY AND POWER IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP OF HIGH SCHOOLS

Summary/Abstract: Findings of a qualitative research developed from a her meneutic paradigm are presented. This paradigm is related to the dynamics of power that underlie teachers ’ discourse about the asymmetric inter subjective relationship which appears between headmasters and teachers of high schools from the Araucania region at the South of Chile. The participants were 14 headmasters and 48 teachers. Data collection was made using focus groups with headmasters and in- depth interviews with teachers. Data reduction was made though the coding process, open and axial, using the Atlas Ti 6.2 software. Findings show the existence of an inter subjective relationship which evidence exercising the power and control from the headmasters towards teachers. Furthermore, there is violence in the mechanisms that are articulated from the administrative organization. Participants recognized the systematic discursive practices of symbolic violence, which damage their professional quality, in the action of headmasters of high schools.

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