The characteristics of educational leadership in the Middle East: A comparative analysis of three nation-states

The Wiley International Handbook of Educational Leadership

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 355-373

  Arar, Khalid ^a,b   Turan, Selahattin ^c   Barakat, Maysaa ^d   Oplatka, Izhar ^e  

^a The College for Academic Studies   (Israel)

^b Kibbutzim College of Education   (Israel)

^c ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Educational leadership; Egypt; Israeli education system; Middle east; Sociopolitical character; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026267481     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118956717.ch19     Document Type: Chapter

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