Algarni, Fateyah; Male, Trevor; (2014) Leadership in Saudi Arabian Public Schools: Time for Devolution? International Studies in Educational Administration (ISEA) , 42 (3) pp. 45-59.

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This paper reviews models and constructs of leadership in order to examine critically the role of educational leaders in supporting learning and development in Saudi Arabian public schools. The main conclusion reached is that the current system views educational leadership as the responsibility of a single person and suggests maintenance rather than development and management rather than leadership. Whilst there is now a governmental policy aspiration to implement collaborative learning, this seems contradictory to their way of leading Saudi education, which models a centralised decision-making culture inside educational settings. The construct of pedagogical leadership is therefore suggested as a way to change the culture of teaching and learning in Saudi schools, and the principal recommendation is to reform the Saudi public school system in order to give more flexibility and autonomy to leaders to be able to cope with the continuously changing demands of learning and knowledge development.

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