Leadership Practice for Islamic Schools in Thailand

Abstract

This research focuses on examining the key components of leadership practice for Islamic schools in Thailand. A proper leadership practice for Islamic school leaders should be developed as the school leader plays a key role in the school's success and the improvement of the students' achievement. In order to gain and maintain a high quality of school performance, a leadership practice for Islamic schools must involve the integration of Islamic values and principles in leadership with the educational theories of leadership from Western perspectives. Hence, theories and concepts of leadership from Islamic as well as Western perspectives should be taken into full consideration

The primary inquiry motivating this research is to identify the components of lead ership practice for Islamic school leaders in Thailand. The objectives of research are 1) to study the dimensions of educational leadership from an Islamic perspective, 2) to study the dimensions of educational leadership from a Western perspective, 3) to determine the dimensions of leadership found in the most prominent and effective Islamic schools in Thailand, and 4) to ascertain the dimensions of leadership being practiced by most Islamic school leaders in Thailand.

In this research, leadership practice inventory questionnaires were distributed to all 297 Islamic school directors in Thailand, and 209 completed questionnaires were used in the analysis of data by using Statistic Package. The collected data were interpreted and analyzed to identify the best leadership practice for Islamic schools in Thailand. The results showed that leadership practices for Islamic schools in Thailand comprises ten dimensions of leadership which are Observing Islamic Value System, Building a Positive Culture, Managing and leading, Relating with students, Relating with Community, Challenging the Process, Inspiring a Shared Vision, Enabling Others to Act, Modeling the Way, Encouraging the Heart.

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