Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 The Student of Ph.D. in Educational Managemen, Department of Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.
2 Associate Professor, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Planning Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
In the past few decades, educational leadership and attention to the quality of school principals' performance have been at the top of educational policies in developed countries. The purpose of this research is to analyze the necessary platforms for the transition from educational management to educational leadership in the educational system of Iran. current research method is of a qualitative type, which was carried out by the method of the theory (systematic grounded theory). Research participants, academic faculty members of universities affiliated to the Ministry of Science, people with opinions related to educational leadership who have records such as the Minister of Education, Deputy Minister and Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Education and leading directors of various schools who in the academic year 1403- 1402 were engaged in educational and research activities. In an overview, based on the obtained results and the dimensions of the foundation's data model, 12 main categories, 55 subcategories and 203 concepts were extracted from the interviews. The findings of the research showed that important conditions such as decentralization in the structure of the education system, progressiveness and dynamism in the role of school administrators are necessary for this transition. Achieving educational leadership requires different strategies. In addition to changing the political view towards the function of education and, consequently, the managers in this institution, it is necessary to turn to the scientific education and training of managers and select and appoint these people with a more specialized view for the management of schools.
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