Re-Thinking Educational Leadership: Exploring the Impact of Cultural and Belief Systems

Autor/in	Shah, Saeeda J. A.
Titel	Re-Thinking Educational Leadership: Exploring the Impact of Cultural and Belief Systems
Quelle	In: International Journal of Leadership in Education, 13 (2010) 1, S.27-44 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-3124
Schlagwörter	Muslims; Beliefs; Leadership Qualities; Foreign Countries; Instructional Leadership; Interviews; Females; Single Sex Schools; Cultural Influences; Islamic Culture; Women Administrators; Gender Issues; Sex Role; Family Work Relationship; Moral Values; Pakistan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Muslim; Muslimin; Belief; Glaube; Führungseigenschaft; Ausland; Instruction; Leadership; Bildung; Erziehung; Führung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Weibliches Geschlecht; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Islam; Kultur; Weibliche Führungskraft; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterrolle; Moral value; Ethischer Wert
Abstract	This article argues that people from diverse ideological and ethnic backgrounds conceive, perceive and practise educational leadership differently, drawing upon their beliefs, values and knowledge sources. It draws on data collected by 11 in-depth interviews with female heads of "girls-only" colleges in a region in Pakistan. The paper briefly introduces leadership as a concept formulated in context. It presents philosophical and theoretical underpinnings of these conceptualizations from an Islamic perspective as a case, and highlights the interplay between belief systems, educational leadership and gender. The article deliberates as to how these discourses interact to formulate "educational leadership" in Muslim societies, and explores the implications of these constructions for women in educational leadership in a Muslim society. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10