Naar radicale pedagogisering van het hele onderwijshuis: Notities bij 'Het ambacht van de schoolbestuurder. Naar een pedagogische bestuurscultuur'

Schools in the Netherlands have to face serious problems such as teacher shortage, teaching staff affected by burn-outs, strong governmental focus on quantifiable teaching outcomes of the basics, demanding parents who claim the best starting point for their kid’s school career, and who increasingly make an appeal to private educational companies that provide tutoring, homework guidance and exam training. Other parents and parties criticize the too strong cognitively oriented curriculum and want to strengthen the pedagogical task, i.e. the encompassing personhood formation of their children. School administrators are target of different criticism too. Bluntly formulated: get rid of them for the benefit of the practices of principals and teachers or rearrange the school organization in a pedagogical way. A recent book is dealing with this second approach which in terms of the author requires a radical shift. Did he consistently elaborate his view or should he be even more radical?