School leaders’ perspectives towards leading during crisis through an ecological lens: a comparison of five Arab countries

IF 1.8 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of Educational Administration and History Pub Date : 2021-07-30 DOI:10.1080/00220620.2021.1957793

K. Arar, Rania Sawalhi, Youmen Chaaban, A. Zohri, I. Alhouti

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ABSTRACT This qualitative study compared school leaders’ perspectives towards their leadership practices in times of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of twenty-seven school leaders from public and private schools across five Arab countries (Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Qatar) participated in the study. Following Turbulence Theory and an ecological framework, the study adopted in-depth semi-structured interviews to respond to the following queries: (1) What were the major actions taken by school leaders during the crisis? (2) What were the resemblances and disparities between school leaders’ practices across the five countries? Findings of the study revealed different levels of turbulence among school leaders within the same country and across the five countries. In addition, participants revealed valuable insight pertaining to changed leadership and educational practices in their schools in a post-COVID era. Further conclusions and implications are fully discussed.

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从生态学的角度看学校领导在危机中的领导作用:五个阿拉伯国家的比较

本定性研究比较了学校领导在COVID-19大流行造成的紧急情况下对其领导实践的看法。共有来自五个阿拉伯国家(科威特、黎巴嫩、摩洛哥、巴勒斯坦和卡塔尔)的27名公立和私立学校的校长参与了这项研究。根据动荡理论和生态框架，本研究采用深度半结构化访谈来回答以下问题:(1)危机期间学校领导采取的主要行动是什么?(2)五国学校领导的做法有哪些相似之处和差异?研究结果显示，同一国家和五国的学校领导之间存在不同程度的动荡。此外，与会者还就后疫情时代学校领导力和教育实践的变化提供了宝贵见解。进一步的结论和影响进行了充分的讨论。

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Journal of Educational Administration and History EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

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5.60%

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