English abstract
This study aimed to reveal the current situation of educational management in the Sultanate of Oman and the features of development. It also aimed to identify the contemporary global trends and their analysis to develop the performance of the educational management of various administrative levels (senior management, middle and executive) in the Sultanate of Oman.
This could be achieved by answering the following questions:
1-What are the most important contemporary global trends of the educational management?
2-What is the current situation of the educational management in Sultanate of Oman?
3-Are there any statistical significant differences among the individuals of the sample of the study concerning to the varied administrative level (high management, middle and executive) in developing the educational management in sultanate of Oman in the light of the contemporary global trends?
4-What is the proposed perspective to develop the educational management in the Sultanate of Oman in the light of contemporary global trends?
To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher has analyzed the educational literature and the theoretical framework of the management of education, and designed a questionnaire consisting of (52) statements. The questionnaire is distributed on five dimensions representing the management practices which are applied in the educational management.
The reliability of the questionnaire was examined by a group of specialists and the consistency has been tested using Cronbach's Alpha which reached (0.952) degree. The questionnaire was applied using a certain sample of 266 managers of departments, their deputies, heads of departments, school staff with school principals in all levels of management (senior management representative of the Ministry of Education, middle representative of directorates / General Department of Education, the executive representative of the school's educational regions). The data was processed statistically using means, standard deviations, One Way ANOVA and Scheffe test for Posteriori comparisons.
The most important results of the study:
1- The results of the respondents show that the planning dimension scored higher whereas the educational leadership scored the least in the management practices.
2-There are no statically significant differences at the level of (α = 0.05) between the mean estimates of the sample of the study attributed to the administrative level variable for the dimensions of planning, training, evaluation and control and educational leadership.
3-There are statistical significant differences at the level (a = 0.05) among the average estimates of the sample of the study attributed to the varied administrative level of the organization dimension between the two groups of the directorates and the schools. The results were on the side the school group.
4-The current study has introduced a prospective to develop educational management in the Sultanate of Oman in the light of the contemporary global trends.
In the light of analysing of educational literature, the theoretical framework and the results of field study, the researcher has proposed a perspective for the development of educational management in the Sultanate of Oman in the light of contemporary global trends. Furthermore, this research suggested more studies are required on the development of educational management.
