عنوان

Outstanding schools in Saudi Arabia :

شماره

TLets749373

عنوان اصلي

Outstanding schools in Saudi Arabia :

نام عام مواد

[Thesis]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Alhammadi, Muteb

عنوان اصلي به قلم نويسنده ديگر

leadership practices, culture and professional development

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

University of Reading

تاریخ نشرو بخش و غیره

2018

جزئيات پايان نامه و نوع درجه آن

Thesis (Ph.D.)

امتياز متن

2018

متن يادداشت

As Saudi Arabia strives to position itself strategically in global markets in response to globalization, education has become one of the most important tools to achieve this aim. While demands for reform in Western countries have fostered new notions of school excellence, equivalent concepts have to date received little attention in Saudi Arabia. This study aims to fill this gap by exploring the nature of outstanding schools in Saudi Arabia, and thus claims to be an original and important contribution to the understanding of this phenomenon. A qualitative case-study approach was used drawing on data from three high schools in Saudi Arabia, each having been rated outstanding by the city's local authority. Principals, Deputies and Social Instructors from the three schools were interviewed (n=9), while group interviews were conducted with the majority of teachers from each school (n=68); 25 out of 26 teachers from school 1; 20 out of 24 teachers from school 2 and 23 out of 28 from school 3. In addition, the daily work of Principals in each school was observed and relevant documents were collected. The resulting data were thematically analysed using a framework based on the inter-related concepts of leadership practices, culture and professional development The findings reveal that leadership practices in these outstanding schools included a number of common features, such as establishing school vision, restructuring the organisation, leadership distribution, effective communication, strategic planning and quality assurance. Cultural aspects revealed the effect of both macro-level cultures: global and national cultures on these schools, as well as micro-scale effects. Professional development was perceived to be important, and both leaders and teachers engaged in training opportunities. While these results cannot be generalised, it is hoped that they will be important to inform practitioners, policy makers and researchers about the nature of outstanding schools in Saudi Arabia.

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Alhammadi, Muteb

مستند نام تنالگان تاييد نشده

University of Reading

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Thesis]

کد کاربرگه

276903

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y