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Effective Leadership Style for Indigenous Schools in the Malaysian Context

Effective Leadership Style for Indigenous Schools in the Malaysian Context
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Author(s): Hariharan N. Krishnasamy (Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia)
Copyright: 2019
Pages: 24
Source title: Predictive Models for School Leadership and Practices
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Ismail Hussein Amzat (International Islamic University Malaysia, Malaysia)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-5858-3.ch008

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Abstract

This study focuses on the indigenous peoples of Malaysia who are collectively categorized as the orang asli (indigenous people) in Malaysia. This group was selected as they face many challenges in the field of education which is often linked to poverty, incompatible teaching-learning methods, lack of facilities, and school leadership. The study investigates the role of school administrators, teachers, parents, and pupils in five selected schools in Malaysia. Five school headmasters, two administrative officials, 10 teachers, 10 parents, and 10 students took part in this qualitative study. Interviews on school leadership were explored in terms of challenges and good practices which leads to the development of a model that incorporates the findings from the study. It is hoped that the model which emphasizes sociocultural sensitivity, the need to draw on the knowledge and the skills of the orang asli for educational development, and reaching out to them will be helpful to indigenous peoples in Malaysia and other countries.

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