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Shaked, Haim; Schechter, Chen – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2019
School principals' decisions are made within the complex organizations called schools. This study explored how systems thinking is reflected in principals' perceptions about their decision-making processes. Based on a qualitative analysis of interviews and focus groups, principals' descriptions of their own effective decision-making reflected…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Administration, Principals, Decision Making
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Chen-Levi, Tamar; Schechter, Chen; Buskila, Yaffa – International Journal of Educational Reform, 2021
Systems thinking (ST) is a holistic leadership approach that puts the study of wholes before that of parts. It focuses attention on how organization members act together in networks of interactions. This is done by researching organization members' mental models, which are deeply ingrained assumptions, generalizations, or even mental pictures or…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Leadership, Administrative Organization, School Administration
Zoller, Uri – Online Submission, 2011
Given the current striving for "sustainability" and the corresponding paradigms shift in science, technology, R&D, environment perception, economy and politics; e.g., from unlimited growth-to-sustainable development, correction-to-prevention and passive consumption of "goods", culture and education--to active participation,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Strategies, Sustainable Development, Science Education