私立国际学校的可持续领导:来自科威特的经验

IF 1.4 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Mary Ellen Kelly
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私立国际学校部门在全球范围内的快速增长,增加了对合格学校管理人员的需求,以领导该部门的学校。许多受雇于该行业的管理人员在来自其他国家的公共系统时面临着特殊的挑战。问题是,招聘人员的培训和经验与该部门的需求之间的差距如何影响私立国际学校有效领导的可持续性。与许多国家公共系统不同,该部门缺乏受过专门培训的领导人,因此对该部门领导人的培训和支持对政策制定有影响。本文对17名国际学校领导进行了半结构化访谈,这些领导从国外的国家公共系统转到科威特的私立国际学校。这些采访中出现的主要主题是领导者在适应不同的治理结构、私立国际学校的商业和营销方面以及管理员工的短暂性方面所面临的挑战。在对世界其他地区的国际学校的研究中,也引用了一些类似的主题,尽管这些主题的某些表述是科威特特有的。本文最后讨论了为整个国际学校部门的领导提供可持续规范的必要性,并提供培训和支持,以帮助学校领导过渡并在该部门更有效地工作。
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Sustainable Leadership in Private International Schools: Lessons from Kuwait
The rapid, global growth of the private international school sector has raised demand for qualified school administrators to lead schools in that sector. Many administrators hired into that sector face particular challenges when coming from public systems in other countries. The question is in what ways do gaps between the training and experience of recruits and the demands of the sector compromise the sustainability of effective leadership in private international schools. There are implications for policy development around training and support for leaders in this sector as, unlike many national public systems, it lacks a supply of specifically trained leaders. This article presents a qualitative study of semi-structured interviews with 17 international school leaders who moved from national public systems abroad to private international schools in Kuwait. The major themes that emerged in those interviews were the challenges faced by leaders in adjusting to differing governance structures, the business and marketing aspects of private international schools, and managing the transience of staff. A number of similar themes have been cited in research on international schools in other world regions, although some expressions of those themes are particular to Kuwait. This article concludes with a discussion of the need to provide sustainable norms for leadership across the international school sector, with training and support to help school leaders transition and work more effectively in the sector.
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Journal of Research in International Education
Journal of Research in International Education EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Research in International Education is an international, peer-reviewed journal in international education for schools, examiners and higher education institutions throughout the world. The Journal of Research in International Education seeks to advance the understanding and significance of international education. It sets out to undertake a rigorous consideration of the educational implications of the fundamental relationship between human unity and human diversity that ''education for international understanding'' requires. The JRIE encourages an approach to research in international education that will close the gap between the well established emergent theory and diverse practice throughout the world. In this context, international education is concerned with the promotion of education for international understanding and human rights, and may include peace education, global education and intercultural education. Authors may address, for example, the curriculum, institutional concerns, the history of education, policy and pedagogy at all levels.
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