The impact of leadership role of educational managers on value system evolution with emphasis on narrative monograph

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Article 6, Volume 3, Spring & summer 2011 - Serial Number 5, September 2011, Pages 125-147   

Document Type: Articles

DOI: 10.22067/pmt.v3i5.10866

Author

Sedigheh Kazemi^*

Abstract

 Leadership is known as the essence of management. The mission of schools as educational institutions is to create a value system for students. According to Graves' theory, each student has his/her own personal value system. In the light of Graves' theory, the main question of this research focuses on how leadership role of educational managers affects students' value system. In this case study, qualitative approach has been selected. Data was collected through the semi scheduled interview with manager and deputy managers of one of the high schools in the city of Mashhad. Observation of the school and random observation of interaction between manager and deputy managers was utilized for collecting complementary data. In order to increase the validity of data collection, various methods including triangulation, participants' revision, recoding by reviewer, and quasi-statistical analysis were used. The result showed that manager’s behavior helps categorize the value system of students under the second, third, and the forth level of Graves' taxonomy. That is, the students' could not get into the value system which is devoted to spirituality, integrity, socio-centrism and logical thinking/wisdom.

Keywords

Leadership; Educational manager; Value system; Narrative inquiry; Hidden curriculum; Graves' value theory

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