EDU501

Course Description

This course is designed to give students entering the Educational Leadership program an understanding of a wide range of theoretical approaches that explain the complexities of the leadership process within the educational organizations. The course presents an extensive exploration of leadership theories and their applications to the current realities of school leadership in the context of the UAE while focusing on the constantly changing nature of school administrative responsibility. The purpose of the course is to increase understanding about education in the UAE, the role of educational leadership approaches, the forces that are moving education into a new era, the transitions that are occurring, and the use of the latest, best educational practices to improve education.

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