Khalid Arar

Texas State University | TxSt · Department of Counseling, Leadership, Adult Education, and School Psychology

The issue of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and educational leadership has become a central topic following the shift to knowledge technology and digital literacy in recent years. Despite increasing attention to the topic among scholars and policymakers during the last decade, we lack a comprehensive review of AI and educational leadership. Therefore...

Dear Colleagues, we six authors have come together to share our reflections on research methods. Our composite and cut-up accounts (Bogotch, 2023; Burroughs, 1959; Skerl, 1985) are deliberately meant to challenge current educational research writing and the publishing enterprise which we depict as a set of established, prescriptive, and formulaic r...

It is widely acknowledged that the relationship between education, security, and stability is bidirectional. In times of war, access to quality education becomes compromised, and conversely, the absence of proper education constrains individuals to a life under constant threat, disrupting education provision. War, viewed as a “lifetime and life-wid...

This case occurs in a Midwestern community that has received Afghan individuals and families. It explores the experiences of an Afghan mother and two children as they transition into U.S.-based schooling culture and norms as the children start elementary school. The family initially had the help of a K–12 liaison from a community-based organization...

This paper offers a meta‐analysis scoping study of doctoral dissertations completed in the last 20 years in one doctoral programme of Educational Leadership (EL) at a higher education institution in Texas, aiming at identifying topical foci, epistemology, methodology and main themes. Therefore, we systematically collected, documented, securitised a...

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the proficiency of leadership practices in dealing with refugee students’ cultural needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach: Semi-structured interviews were employed to elucidate data from teachers, counselors, and leaders in a U.S. Midwestern suburban community that had record...

There are many studies on the role of technology in facilitating equality, quality, and effectiveness in higher learning in the last decade. This study aims at exploring the sustainability of a postgraduate program in a USA context following the COVID surge. Relational assurance is employed through qualitative methods, and frameworks to make sense...

It is widely agreed that the relationship between poverty and education is bi-directional: poor people lack access to a decent education, and without the latter people are often constrained to a life of poverty (Van der Berg, 2008). Poverty as a “lifetime, and life-wide status” thus develops into a self-fulfilling prophecy that is difficult to emer...

Using "platica" as both data and methods, the researchers invite readers to author their own platicas as a pathway into leadership for social justice.

The social contract for Palestinians, and access to legal systems, human rights and mitigation for offenses perpetrated against the Palestinians remains unclear. This paper reveals Palestinian leaders can be trained as doctoral candidates by the Palestinian professoriate, to mentor teacher leaders and teachers through the Professional Educators and...

In this chapter, the authors take a more macro view and consider some of the challenges and promises of some of the current trends the authors have observed in the ELA field in the MENA region based on the chapters that have important implications for systemic improvement. Consistently changing political influences on educational policies and insti...

This volume explores how educational leadership and administration (ELA) is constructed in the Middle East and North African region (MENA), and charts the development of ELA as a discipline. Against the backdrop of rapid growth and interest in the educational restructuring, educational reforms, policy and leadership landscape of the region, chapter...

This chapter maps pictographically the main educational reforms and policy development in the MENA region in the last half century. It also explores the pendulum of internationalization versus localization and contextualization of educational policy, reforms, and leadership in the region. Hence, there is rapid growth and interest in educational res...

Although the Obama-Biden administration recognized and the Biden-Harris administration continues to emphasize the importance of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including medicine, for the nation's continuing prosperity, the United States produces significantly fewer STEM graduates than other countries. To make up the diffe...

Our chapter dismantles social declarative justice lacking proactive actions.

Prologue: Introducing the Six Authors Dear Colleagues, we six authors have come together to share our reflections on research methods. Our composite and cut-up accounts (Bogotch, 2023; Burroughs, 1959; Skerl, 1985) are deliberately meant to challenge current educational research writing and the publishing enterprise which we depict as a set of esta...

Utilizing the post-migration ecological lens and the synthesized model of culturally relevant leadership formed by the authors, we aim to compare and analyze the policy outlines and school leadership responses to refugee education in Turkey and Germany; as the two main hosts of the largest number of refugees. Through comparative phenomenology, we d...

This study is a qualitative investigation of education policies and decision making during COVID-19 pandemic in five Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) countries: Kuwait, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, and Qatar. It aims at scrutinizing how these countries responded to the education disruption caused by the pandemic between February 2020 and...

The article describes the flow of Palestinian students from Israel, identifying the reasons that a large proportion of students from the Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel (PAMI) (21%) currently study abroad. The article traces the development of PAMI students' studies outside Israel and the characteristics of this movement including the disciplin...

Utilizing the post-migration ecological lens and the synthesized model of culturally relevant leadership formed by the authors, we aim to compare and analyze the policy outlines and school leadership responses to refugee education in Turkey and Germany; as the two main hosts of the largest number of refugees. Through comparative phenomenology, we d...

Advanced Theories of Educational Leadership presents recent leadership models and analyzes their components and implications in the educational context. Each chapter features the scholarly background of each model, its components, and antecedents, and critically analyzes its values and application to educational institutions. Special attention is g...

This chapter adopts a Deweyan lens to consider an educational initiative for peace in a conflict-ridden society. In particular, the chapter proposes to revisit and reimagine schools for shared living, and to examine, through secondary analysis of a case study, how Dewey’s theory for progressive education and pedagogy impacted an experimental biling...

The first chapter reviews current conceptualizations of educational leadership and the significant streams of research on this organizational phenomenon at the school level. We deal with different challenges, including diversity, equity, and inclusion in the neoliberal era and current school leadership in an emergency. Different theoretical views o...

This chapter discussed ethical leadership from the educational perspective as the rapidly developing field. After introducing the background of ethical leadership, different definitions and components of ethical leadership are presented. The chapter also focused on why we need ethical leaders in school environment and how they apply this leadership...

Servant leadership may be of particular relevance in our era of accountability in education because it adds the component of social responsibility to transformational leadership, and in turn, emphasizes the needs of teachers and students, particularly in unprivileged communities. As opposed to other models outlined in this book, servant leadership...

The current chapter focuses on the culturally relevant leadership (CRL) in education, which has derived from culturally responsive pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching. CRL has been a significant aspect of social justice efforts in educational settings. Our purpose in this chapter is to make the readers acquainted with various CRL models and...

Research shows that positivity is critical for leaders and for higher organizational performance and success. Positive leadership refers to the implementation of varied positive practices that enable teachers and schools to fulfil their highest potential, succeed at work, experience elevating energy, and attain higher levels of effectiveness that c...

The authors have spent a significant part of their careers studying and teaching educational leadership in a wide array of professional development programs around the world, both in K-12 and in higher education institutions. The first author was a school principal for a decade before transitioning to teaching and researching educational leadership...

The current chapter focuses on the model of responsible leadership that has been constructed in the business literature in the last 15 years. Our purpose in this chapter is to make the readers acquaintance with the model of responsible leadership in a wide variety of organizations and to encourage them to study the particular characteristics and de...

This chapter focuses on understanding strategic leadership by developing a comprehensive perspective of what strategic leadership is and why we need strategic leaders in schools. The chapter also draws attention to the components of strategic leadership and how school leaders apply these practices in schools. The chapter concludes with exercises fo...

The new focus on workplace spirituality is one way to apply spiritual beliefs and satisfy the need to feel the spirit through work. Indeed, in recent years the model of spiritual leadership has received more and more attention, yet insufficient, by researchers from the field of educational leadership. In the current chapter, we attempt to construct...

The concept of authenticity (i.e., the idea of ‘being oneself’) is becoming a central focus in the scholarship about leadership in non-education sectors. Authentic leaders, anchored by their own deep sense of self, values and beliefs are more concerned about serving others than they are about their own needs and recognition. They benefit the school...

The fourth chapter describes the benefits of cultivating community engagement within local schools. A school is a focal point of the community; it is in the best interest of the leader to develop genuine community partnerships. Each school needs to have a strong leader that can develop a vision of the school that matches the experiences and diversi...

The paper explores ethical dilemmas and decision-making among school principals.

This paper aimed at exploring the challenges of implementation of culturally responsive leadership in Greek schools. Personal interviews with 10 secondary school principals in the Attica region were used to collect qualitative data. The following main themes emerged: (1) The application of moral values and inclusiveness begins with school leadershi...

The main actor in the learning process is the learner. The concept of “learner” goes beyond the educational level. The new reality in the educational environment presents challenges for the learning process, which mainly concern the adoption of new technologies in that process. The purpose of this commentary is to try to outline the future of educa...

Due to the global economic and political crises in various regions of the world in recent years, the flow of migrants from countries with deeper structural problems to more developed countries has increased dramatically. At national level, education is the basis on which the values, philosophy, ideology, and culture of a nation are determined. Beha...

Research on educational responses for forced-migrants, refugees and displaced people has increased in recent years, whereas research about the relevant educational leadership addressing these populations is still limited. This study presents a systematic review of recent international empirical evidence, published in peer-reviewed journals between...

Given the growing concerns regarding the education of the rapidly increasing refugee children population around the world and the scholarly attention towards refugee education contexts in educational leadership and policy fields in recent years, we were urged to locate and understand the research contribution to the relevant knowledge base. This st...

מחקר זה מבקש לבחון תפיסות של אמון בקרב מורים ויועצים, במערכת החינוך הערבית, ולענות על השאלות הבאות: כיצד תופסים מורים ויועצים את האמון בבית הספר? במה הוא מתבטא? מהם הגורמים הנתפסים כמסייעים ליצירת אמון בבית הספר? ומהם הגורמים הנתפסים כפוגעים באמון זה? לצורך המחקר רואיינו 5 יועצות חינוכיות, 20 מורים (10 גברים ו- 10 נשים), מבתי ספר שונים בחברה הערבית...

Drawing together diverse research perspectives and theoretical underpinnings, this handbook explores gender as a social category and examines cultural and social differences. Bringing together diverse perspectives from around the world, including from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the UK and the USA, the volume sets out the gender and educationa...

Ethical dilemmas are an inevitable element in decision making. For school organizations, the emergence of an ethical dilemma in decision making is almost a daily occurrence. The purpose of this research is to reveal the impact of ethical leadership on leaders’ decision making by comparing two samples of school administrators in the Israeli educatio...

The aim of the present article was to systematically review international evidence about Islamic-based (a new term we suggest) educational leadership models published in peer-reviewed journals between 1990 and 2021. We conducted a systematic review of the literature by following the steps identified by Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Revie...

Women in educational leadership and community building: Voices across the globe, This book addresses women’s leadership in enhancing transformation as collective leaders. It draws a multicultural tapestry that portrays versatile and diversified entries that capture women’s voices in terms of instigating a covert revolution that is characterized by...

This book aims to challenge the current perspectives, practices and assumptions towards what is known as Islamic Education by examining current issues and trends in the field of educational leadership, management, administration based on Islamic principles or related to Muslim communities in the globe. In addition, it contributes meaningfully to th...

The drastic increase in the number of forcibly displaced people due to the ongoing conflicts in different parts of the world (UNHCR, 2017) have proliferated the refugee movement globally with dramatic challenges on not only the displaced refugees but also on the education systems of the host nations (Pinson & Arnot, 2007). To cope with these challe...

The aim of this keynote is to: 1. To map the global trends of people in the move; 2. To explore different response to forced-displaced and refugees; 3. To examine the landscape of institutional policy for widening higher participation pathways for displaced and refugees

The aims of this presentation are threefold: first, to map trends in higher education through macro analysis (OECD 2018, 2019); second, to analyze the knowledge base of educational leadership theory in the last three decades (Capper, 2019; Nicolaides & Gaynor, 1992; Oplatka, 2010); and third, to explore the genealogy of our university’s doctoral sc...

In this research we aimed at answering the following questions: What were the main actions taken by primary senior school leaders during the crisis? What were the similarities and differences between primary senior school leaders’ actions across the five countries?

In this keynote I posed the following main aims: 1. to analyze the anatomy of the universal education project: Shifting from Industrial Revolution to Knowledge Technology; 2. To explore how higher education institutions can better meet current and future global challenges. 3. Identifying possible strategies to move higher learning/lifelong learn...

As an academic counselor of four schools coping with social and educational challenges in the Palestinian education system in Jerusalem, I chose to direct the spotlight on the case of a high school serving mainly Muslim students, to observe how gender issues were reflected in the school's activities to shape an experience of equity for male and fem...

This study explored teachers' professional agency in response to shifting educational contexts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic across four participating countries. Findings from this qualitative comparative study revealed that the forty-six participants enacted agency in initiating teaching and learning activities for students, engaging in individu...

Social in/justice and double marginality in educational leadership: Trajectories of three female school principals from Palestine, Turkey and Lebanon

School leaders’ perspectives towards leading during crisis through an ecological lens: A comparison of five Arab

The scholarship discussing educational responses for refugees and other displaced persons focuses mainly on compulsory education, whereas research about displaced persons’ interrupted pathways to higher education is limited. This article presents a systematic review of recent international evidence on pathways to higher education for refugees and o...

Recent higher education (HE) trends, including broader accessibility, privatization, increased demands for accountability, and technological implementation, have largely neglected consideration of human diversity, including the individual learner’s nature and learning style. Two distinctive scientific perspectives pertain to these individual differ...

Since 2015, Germany has followed a welcoming policy for refugees and has made efforts to integrate them in German society through initiatives such as development programs. However, very few refugee students have actually managed to enter German Higher Education (HE) institutions. Using a qualitative methodology, the researcher interviewed Arab refu...

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 Theo...

The last decade was marked by the Syrian Civil War, which began in 2011, and the global refugee flow explosion which has dramatically reshaped the worldwide migration diasporas. Three countries, Turkey, Germany and Canada, have a special position in "welcoming" the Syrian influx. In this respect, we sought here to compare and analyze educational po...

The educational sector has particular sensitivities and there is a huge concern that technological innovations may interfere with the real role of education in social development. With particular reference to higher education, this educational level is the foundation for changes in society. Higher education institutions (HEIs) should shape the prer...

The confrontation of schools and education systems with the magnitude of challenges is not a new phenomenon. The complexity of education lies in its arduous link with the contested ideologies, interests, needs, entities, desires, structures, and the changing nature of the learner and learning (Hargreaves & Shirley, 2012; Smith, 2005). Yet, the soci...

This chapter aims to deconstruct culturally relevant leadership (CRL) and Social Justice leadership (SJL) frameworks in newcomers education using the Foucauldian lens; based on extensive research on refugee and newcomers education and its leadership. The way the Foucauldian lens on enunciative fields will be utilized in this paper draws on the prop...

The confrontation of schools and education systems with the magnitude of challenges is not a new phenomenon. The complexity of education lies in its arduous link with the contested ideologies, interests, needs, entities, desires, structures, and the changing nature of the learner and learning (Hargreaves & Shirley, 2012; Smith, 2005). Yet, the soci...

This article seeks to compare and analyze school-level challenges for school leaders and their responses to Syrian refugee education in Turkey, Lebanon, and Germany, drawing on the post-migration ecology framework developed and sensemaking processes in leadership. We utilized a comparative qualitative design within the realm of qualitative research...