Educational Leadership: Culture and Diversity1

Educational leadership as a capability and process influencing, guiding, coordinating and mobilizing other people who are related to the development of the science of education and the implementation of education and teaching, so that the activities carried out can be more efficient and effective in achieving educational goals and teaching.

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School Leaders’ Practice of the Ethics of Educational Leadership to Make Decisions

Journal of Education in Black Sea Region ◽

10.31578/jebs.v4i1.151 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 10-34

Author(s):

Mohammed Assiri

Keyword(s):

Educational Leadership ◽

Mixed Methods Research ◽

Qualitative Data ◽

School Leaders ◽

Leadership Skills ◽

Common Factors ◽

Teaching Experience ◽

Structured Interview ◽

School Year ◽

Ethical Decisions

Abstract This study aimed to investigate the extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions. A mixed-methods research design was used in this study. The quantitative data of this study were obtained from the participation of 260 teachers, and the qualitative data of this study were collected from nine school leaders. The questionnaire and the semi-structured interview were used to collect the data. The study was conducted during the school year of 2017-2018. The study found that the overall extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions was classified as “always occurs". The findings showed that there were statistically significant differences between participants with different gender and school levels on the overall and all dimensions of the extent to which school leaders practice the ethics of educational leadership to make decisions, while there were not statistically significant differences between the groups of the participants with different teaching experience. The qualitative findings provided some common factors that influence school leaders’ practice to making ethical decisions. These factors were explained based on two concepts including management knowledge and leadership skills as well as the context of school's culture.

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Collaborative Action Research In Academic Administration

West East Journal of Social Sciences ◽

10.36739/wejss.2019.v8.i3.30 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 227-252

Author(s):

Bradley C. Thompson

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Action Research ◽

Collaborative Action Research ◽

Team Members ◽

Academic Administration ◽

Leadership Culture ◽

Collaborative Action ◽

Working Together ◽

Upper Level ◽

Action Process

This research involved a study exploring the changes in an academic institution expressed through decision-making in a shifting leadership culture. Prior to the study, the school was heavily entrenched in authoritarian and centralized decision-making, but as upper-level administrators were exposed to the concept of collaborative action research, they began making decisions through a reflection and action process. Changing assumptions and attitudes were observed and recorded through interviews at the end of the research period. The research team engaged in sixteen weekly cycles of reflection and action based on an agenda they mutually agreed to and through an analysis of post-research interviews, weekly planning meetings, discussions, and reflection and action cycles. Findings revealed experiences centering around the issues of:  The nature of collaboration- it created discomfort, it created a sense of teamwork, it created difficulty.  The change of environment in the process- team members began to respect each other more, and the process became more enjoyable.  The freedom and change in the process- freedom to voice opinions and to actively listen, the use of experience to lead elsewhere in the school.  How issues of power are better understood by working together- the former process was less collaborative, politics will always be part of the process. As a result of this study, members have started using this decision-making methodology in other areas of administration.

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