THE MULTIVOICED PRODUCTION OF A TOOL FOR EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT CHANGE

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The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of multivoicedness in the production and evaluation of a tool, the management plan, for educational management change. For this purpose, instrumentality (Engeström, 1997; 2006) and multivoicedness (Bakhtin; Voloshinov, [1929]1977; Engeström, 1999) are considered as guiding theoretical concepts. The data setting comprises a survey in an educational context; the contents and the meaning of the management plan; and the video recordings of three formative meetings in which the participants - the educational managers - produce and evaluate the management plan. The discursive analysis comprises elements of voice positioning and voice interconnection, which enables depicting the use of different voices for the production and evaluation of the management plan. As a result, we discuss the possibility for educational management change by voicing different educational system stakeholders.