Assessing Social Capital in Educational Success: A Study Based on School Leaders' Perspectives

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1 Ph.D student in Educational Administration of kurdistan university,sanandaj.Iran.

2 Assistant Professor of Educational Sciences, Azad University, Saqqez Branch

3 Studied educational management from Boali Sina University, Hamadan

10.48310/istt.2024.17675.1114

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The social capital of school administrators plays a key role in the success of schools. Principals with high levels of social capital create a collaborative and collaborative school environment through effective communication with teachers, students, parents, and the local community.Methods: This phenomenological research deals with the conceptualization of social capital among educational managers in schools. The research field of Kurdistan province and the potential participants were all educational managers in Sanandaj city, 17 of whom were selected purposefully (heterogeneous) and invited to participate using a semi-structured interview protocol.Findings: Based on the data analysis, a hierarchy of five levels was identified for the ways of experiencing and understanding social capital in order to define this concept as social capital as a generator of trust, as a network of colleagues, as belonging to the organizational culture, as participation in the discourse. scientific and describe it as the creation of a scientific community.Conclusion: The four components of awareness, i.e. frame, relationship, goal and result, form the hierarchy structure. The findings of this research show the educational policy makers what social capital is like for school administrators.

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  • Receive Date: 26 November 2024
  • Revise Date: 13 December 2024
  • Accept Date: 18 December 2024
  • First Publish Date: 21 December 2024
  • Publish Date: 21 December 2024