Hassan, Mohamed Fahmy (2022) Transformational leadership of selected school principals in The Republic Of Maldives. Doctoral thesis, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia.

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Abstract

The leadership of school principals in the Republic of Maldives is an important pillar in the use of the new generation in this small archipelago. School principals play an important role in ensuring that the development of school education is continuous, including the development of the school as a 21st century learning institution, outstanding student achievement and continuous improvement in positive values. Nowadays, the challenges in achieving high quality education cause an increase in demand for effective leaders in school institutions. To overcome this problem, the Maldives Ministry of Education has made an initiative to improve the effectiveness of leadership and also school development. However, this effort poses many challenges, especially in preparing a new generation of school leaders who are flexible and ready to face educational changes. The challenge in forming effective leaders requires a change in leadership behavior in education. School principals are asked to try to analyze their current leadership approach and assess the issues and challenges they must face when implementing the transformation. Therefore, this study aims to explore, understand, and explain the leadership transformation of selected school principals in the Republic of Maldives by using a qualitative research methodology through a case study strategy. Data was collected through 3 methods namely interviews, document analysis and observation. However, the main method of data collection is interviews. Document analysis and observation methods only support the interview data. Those involved in this study were 4 principals, 3 teachers and 5 students. The locations of the study involved are 3 selected schools that have certain characteristics in Male', the capital of the Republic of Maldives. All data obtained were managed using NVivo version 11.0 and analyzed using thematic concepts where categories were produced, and themes were arranged. The result of this study is a conceptual new comprehensive understanding framework that describes the transformation of school principal leadership in the Republic of Maldives. This framework contains five (5) main components which are the main role of school principals to change school leadership, the practices of school leaders in ensuring transformation, existing challenges, ways to overcome challenges and strategies for improvement. Each component has its own element that provides an in-depth explanation of the component. In conclusion, this research has provided valuable information about the leadership of school principals. The framework that was developed also acts as a guide for many parties to change the leadership of school principals. The recommendation to the results of this study is to continue the study in a larger context and involve many other schools in the Maldives using different data collection and analysis methods. The results of this study can also be used to generate hypotheses for quantitative research as a continuation of the research

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