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The number of educational studies exploring trust relationships in school has been growing ever since the mid ‘80s. In this chapter, the authors shed light on how the topic has been established as a solid item on the educational research agenda. Three lines of inquiry can be distinguished across the literature: trust conceptualizations, antecedents, and consequences. It is argued that not only trust should be investigated at several levels of analysis, but equally its antecedents. The authors suggest that exploring the nature of school culture is a promising approach to explain associations between the school context and trust. Findings about these associations demonstrate that trust is fragile in particular school contexts and that trust development in these contexts could enhance equity in education. Furthermore the authors point out that trust contributes to four interrelated key areas of school life: learning, teaching, leading, and bridging. They specify this in outlining the consequences of teacher and faculty trust for the school and its members. Through its influence on these key areas, trust fosters excellence in schooling. Therefore, and because trust strengthens schools’ adaptive capacity to deal with change, it is concluded that the continued study of trust in schools is recommended in the further search for equity and excellence in education.
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Van Maele, D., Van Houtte, M., Forsyth, P. (2014). Introduction: Trust as a Matter of Equity and Excellence in Education. In: Van Maele, D., Forsyth, P., Van Houtte, M. (eds) Trust and School Life. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8014-8_1
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