Leading a School with an Intercultural Orientation: Discourses, Tensions and Paradoxes

Abstract

The institution of a management team for the inclusion of foreign students is important in a system where the new public management approach (NPM) predominates. The aim of this study was to analyze inter-culturality policies in terms of the demands and challenges which the management teams face in the context of the new public management. To do that, we analyzed the discourse through the interpretative repertories of 30 official documents. The results highlight the very demanding role of a management team, which has little influence on pedagogical and cultural processes, and is stressed by the principles of the NPM.