ABSTRACT

This qualitative study compared school leaders’ perspectives towards their leadership practices in times of emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of twenty-seven school leaders from public and private schools across five Arab countries (Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Qatar) participated in the study. Following Turbulence Theory and an ecological framework, the study adopted in-depth semi-structured interviews to respond to the following queries: (1) What were the major actions taken by school leaders during the crisis? (2) What were the resemblances and disparities between school leaders’ practices across the five countries? Findings of the study revealed different levels of turbulence among school leaders within the same country and across the five countries. In addition, participants revealed valuable insight pertaining to changed leadership and educational practices in their schools in a post-COVID era. Further conclusions and implications are fully discussed.

摘要

这项定性研究比较了学校领导在 COVID-19 大流行引起的紧急情况下对其领导实践的看法。共有来自五个阿拉伯国家（科威特、黎巴嫩、摩洛哥、巴勒斯坦和卡塔尔）的公立和私立学校的 27 名学校领导参加了这项研究。该研究遵循湍流理论和生态框架，采用深度半结构化访谈来回答以下问题：（1）学校领导在危机期间采取的主要行动是什么？(2) 五个国家的学校领导实践有何异同？研究结果显示，同一国家和五个国家的学校领导之间存在不同程度的动荡。此外，参与者揭示了有关在后 COVID 时代改变学校的领导力和教育实践的宝贵见解。进一步的结论和影响进行了充分讨论。