Exploring Teachers' Perceptions on Schools' Openness to Change in Omani & Saudi Public Schools

Autor/inn/en	Sywelem, Mohamed M. Ghoneim; Al-Mahdy, Yasser F. Hendawy
Titel	Exploring Teachers' Perceptions on Schools' Openness to Change in Omani & Saudi Public Schools
Quelle	In: Education Quarterly Reviews, 2 (2019) 3, S.597-607 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2657-215X
Schlagwörter	Teacher Attitudes; Educational Change; Organizational Change; Public Schools; Elementary School Teachers; Middle School Teachers; High School Teachers; Principals; Administrator Attitudes; Gender Differences; Cultural Context; Arabs; Foreign Countries; Oman; Saudi Arabia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrerverhalten; Bildungsreform; Organisationswandel; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Principal; Schulleiter; Geschlechterkonflikt; Arab; Araber; Ausland; Saudi-Arabien
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to determine schools' openness to change (SOC) in the Sultanate of Oman & Saudi Arabia based on the views of public school teachers. The study implements a quantitative approach using the Faculty Change Orientation Scale (FCOS) developed by Smith & Hoy (2007). A sample of (719) subjects is selected during 2018-2019 school years. The data is analyzed through descriptive statistics, t-test, and ANOVA. The research concluded that Saudi and Omani teachers showed high positive perceptions regarding the degree of principal openness to change (POC) and Teacher openness to change (TOC); nevertheless there were no significant differences between Saudi and Omani teachers in SOC; in addition there were significant differences between male and female teachers in favor of female teachers, finally there were significant differences among elementary, middle, and high schools in favor of elementary schools. The current study contributes to the field of school change management in the Arab Gulf States culture, especially in providing insights of teachers from two different Arab Gulf States. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01