An investigation into the perceptions held by K12 Muslim female Islamic school teachers in the United States of school leadership practices and their effects on school climate and school efficacy: An interpretative phenomenological analysis
[Thesis]
Sofia Tanweer Hussain
Conn, Kelly
Northeastern University
2015
189
Committee members: Harris, Linda; Lohmann, Jane
Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-75432-2
Ed.D.
School of Education
Northeastern University
2015
In this dynamic era of change the educational landscape in North America offers parents a plethora of choices when it comes to educating their children. Muslim American parents are no exception to this phenomenon, specifically after the world was shaken on September 11th, 2001. Muslim professionals saw an opening in the market, and so Islamic schools proliferated through the country. A priori studies on Islamic schools have focused on the perceptions held by school leaders of the effects of their leadership style on school climate; the gap in literature has provided the impetus for this research. As such, this qualitative, Interpretative Phenomenological study uses servant leadership theory, school climate theory, and aligns these with Islamic leadership theory to create a lens, to describe the understandings and perceptions held by Islamic school teachers of their experiences with school leadership, and its perceived effects on school climate.