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NAVIGATING EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP INSIGHTS INTO THE EFFECTIVE PRACTICES IN PAKISTANI SCHOOLS

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-II).03      10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-II).03      Published : Jun 2024

Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools

Abstract

    Today, educational leadership is extensively investigated, with an focus on the most common styles. The scale of effective educational leadership behavior depicts a visionary, proactive, knowledgeable, and change-agent leader in an academic setting. The current studyn investigates school teachers' perspectives on the effectiveness of their principal's leadership behavior in the school Education department in Punjab. It also examines the extent of disparity in the perception of participants due to gender and sector. The results indicated that these factors play a significant role in how teachers perceive the effectiveness of the educational behavior of head teachers. The head teachers were found to have effective educational leadership behavior as described by their relevant school teachers.

    Effectiveness, Educational Leadership, Behavior, School Heads, Teachers’ Perspective

    (1) Rabia Ghaffar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Govt Graduate College for Women Wahdat Colony, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Nargis Sultana
    Lecturer, Department of Education, Govt Associate College for Women Sukheki Mandi, Hafiz Abad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shafqat Ali
    Professor, Department of Education, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Ghaffar, R., Sultana, N., & Ali, S. (2024). Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools. Global Educational Studies Review, IX(II), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-II).03

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ghaffar, Rabia, Nargis Sultana, and Shafqat Ali. 2024. "Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools." Global Educational Studies Review, IX (II): 21-29 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-II).03

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    HARVARD : GHAFFAR, R., SULTANA, N. & ALI, S. 2024. Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools. Global Educational Studies Review, IX, 21-29.

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    MHRA : Ghaffar, Rabia, Nargis Sultana, and Shafqat Ali. 2024. "Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools." Global Educational Studies Review, IX: 21-29

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    OXFORD : Ghaffar, Rabia, Sultana, Nargis, and Ali, Shafqat (2024), "Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools", Global Educational Studies Review, IX (II), 21-29

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    TURABIAN : Ghaffar, Rabia, Nargis Sultana, and Shafqat Ali. "Navigating Educational Leadership: Insights into the Effective Practices in Pakistani Schools." Global Educational Studies Review IX, no. II (2024): 21-29. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2024(IX-II).03