TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding Early Childhood Education Leadership for Literacy Development in the United Arab Emirates
AU - Opoku, Maxwell Peprah
AU - Alsheikh, Negmeldin
AU - Tekin, Ali Kemal
AU - Moustafa, Ashraf
AU - Ndijuye, Laurent Gabriel
AU - Elhoweris, Hala
AU - Takriti, Rachel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2024.
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The International Literacy Association’s literacy model was used as a framework for exploring the leadership type required to advance literacy development in the United Arab Emirates, which is the process of developing structures to enhance ECE. In addition, ECE teachers (n = 15) were interviewed to understand their perspectives on leadership and efforts towards creating a conducive environment for collaboration between teachers and parents. The result showed that participants favoured good relationship qualities and pedagogical support from leaders. However, while a conducive environment has been developed, there are challenges pertaining to embracing diversity, unhealthy competition between teachers, and a lack of cooperation in the form of parents derailing teaching activities. The study concludes with the need for teacher educators to promote and inculcate human relationship development within ECE leaders’ training, and other study implications are also discussed.
AB - The International Literacy Association’s literacy model was used as a framework for exploring the leadership type required to advance literacy development in the United Arab Emirates, which is the process of developing structures to enhance ECE. In addition, ECE teachers (n = 15) were interviewed to understand their perspectives on leadership and efforts towards creating a conducive environment for collaboration between teachers and parents. The result showed that participants favoured good relationship qualities and pedagogical support from leaders. However, while a conducive environment has been developed, there are challenges pertaining to embracing diversity, unhealthy competition between teachers, and a lack of cooperation in the form of parents derailing teaching activities. The study concludes with the need for teacher educators to promote and inculcate human relationship development within ECE leaders’ training, and other study implications are also discussed.
KW - Collaboration
KW - Diversity
KW - Leadership
KW - Literacy development
KW - Parents
KW - Teachers
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U2 - 10.1007/s13158-024-00416-y
DO - 10.1007/s13158-024-00416-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85213705014
SN - 0020-7187
JO - International Journal of Early Childhood
JF - International Journal of Early Childhood
ER -
