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Inclusive Leadership in a Centralized Educational System
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Charalampous. Inclusive leadership in a centralized educational system. European J Ed Manage. 2022;5(2):157-165. doi: 10.12973/eujem.5.2.157
Charalampous, C. (2022). Inclusive leadership in a centralized educational system. European Journal of Educational Management, 5(2), 157-165. https://doi.org/10.12973/eujem.5.2.157
Charalampous Constantia. "Inclusive Leadership in a Centralized Educational System ," European Journal of Educational Management 5, no. 2 (2022): 157-165. https://doi.org/10.12973/eujem.5.2.157
Charalampous, 2022, 'Inclusive leadership in a centralized educational system', European Journal of Educational Management, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 157-165. Charalampous, Constantia. "Inclusive Leadership in a Centralized Educational System." European Journal of Educational Management, vol. 5, no. 2, 2022, pp. 157-165, https://doi.org/10.12973/eujem.5.2.157.
Abstract
Special Unit students at a secondary education school in Cyprus were to be included in an action research project. Its primary objective was to study the challenges the headmaster/leader or other school leader faces while attempting to involve Special Unit students in the school's leadership, which was based on an inclusive leadership approach. The researchers concluded that Cyprus' centralized educational system is the biggest impediment. The primary research methods used to carry out the action research were interviews, focus groups, and observations. 85 teachers, 210 students, and 15 parents participated in the 8-month research, which was conducted in a secondary school in Cyprus with a special unit. By completing the research process, the researchers finally concluded that the solution to the problem might be the recruitment of an inclusive leadership model, which aims to use decentralized inclusive practices.
Keywords: Centralized system, headmaster, leader, inclusive education, special unit.
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