Educational Challenges of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Through the Lenses of Complex Adaptive Leadership Theory

Autor/in	Ozen, Hamit
Titel	Educational Challenges of Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Through the Lenses of Complex Adaptive Leadership Theory
Quelle	In: Educational Planning, 26 (2019) 4, S.41-56 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1537-873X
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Leadership Styles; School Administration; Foreign Countries; Administrator Attitudes; Public Schools; Risk Management; Decision Making; Educational Innovation; Ethics; Centralization; Principals; Needs Assessment; Children; At Risk Students; Barriers; Social Values; Syria; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Führungsstil; Ausland; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Risikomanagement; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Instructional innovation; Bildungsinnovation; Ethik; Centralisation; Zentralisierung; Principal; Schulleiter; Bedarfsermittlung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Sozialer Wert; Syrien; Türkei
Abstract	This study evaluates the effectivity of school management according to the perceptions of Turkish school principals of Syrian refugee students through the lenses of complex adaptive leadership, which was conceptualized from complexity theory and complex adaptive leadership. This was qualitative research designed as a phenomenological study. The participants of the study were identified via a snowball sampling strategy. Nineteen school principals working at public schools in Turkey during the summer term of 2016-2017 and the fall term of 2017-2018 were selected as the participants. Data were collected using the interview technique and descriptive analysis was employed. The results showed that school principals commented on resource management, risk, decision making, and planning and control when functioning as managerial leaders. Secondly, they touched on network dynamics, change and innovation, and safe schools in terms of their adaptive leadership skills. Lastly, they pointed out interaction, win-win interdependency, and ethical values of enabling leadership. Overall, it was found that the structure of the Turkish Ministry of National Education is strictly centralized, and complex adaptive leadership does not function properly in this context. However, school principals do make ceaseless efforts to meet the educational and humanitarian needs of Syrian refugees. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01