ERIC Number: EJ1332838
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0951-8398
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Islamic School Leadership: Advancing a Framework for Critical Spirituality
Brooks, Melanie C.; Ezzani, Miriam D.
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v35 n3 p319-336 2022
The purpose of this study was to better understand how an Islamic school leader's critical spirituality informed and shaped leadership practice. This qualitative case study explored the role of critical spirituality as it relates to social justice, gender justice, and pluralism in a progressive American Islamic school. Data were collected via semi-structured interviews, documents, and school site observations. Findings identified three components of critical spirituality essential to her work as a school leader; specifically, critical consciousness; critical resistance; and critical love. The paper contributes to the literature on school leadership and critical spirituality through its introduction of an empirically based critical spirituality in leadership framework.
Descriptors: Islam, Religious Schools, Case Studies, Spiritual Development, Social Justice, Sex Fairness, Gender Differences, Administrator Attitudes, Instructional Leadership, Women Administrators, Institutional Characteristics, Private Schools, Preschool Education, Elementary School Students, Middle School Students, Progressive Education, Intergroup Relations, Cultural Pluralism
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Preschool Education; Elementary Education; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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