Leadership for Society

Rima’a Da’as is Head of the Graduate Division of Policy, Administration, and Leadership in Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel. Her main research areas are educational administration, leadership, and organizational behavior, focusing on organizational learning (schools’ absorptive capacity and ambidexterity), leaders’ cognitive complexity and educational leaders’ cognitive aspects, leaders’ characteristics and student outcomes, leadership for society – leading for social mobility and integration, and leading schools in times of crisis.Chen Schechter is Full Professor of Leadership, Organizational Development and Policy in Education and is President of the MOFET National Institute for Research and Development in Education, Israel. His research, aimed at integrating theory with empirical evidence and practice, includes reform implementation, educational change, professional learning communities, organizational learning, collaborative learning from success, educational leadership, leadership development, systems thinking for school leaders, and school leadership for social integration and mobility.

• Series Editors’ ForewordPrefaceIntroduction1. Toward leadership for society2. The Arab society in Israel3. Arab educational leaders: challenges and obstacles4. Empirical evidence of Arab school principals' deliberation with their society5. Case studies as empirical evidence for Arab school principals' role in their society6. Toward a model of educational leaders for society: incompatible or complementary?ConclusionsReferencesIndex

Leadership for Society is derived from the crucible of experience encountered within a unique educational context. It surpasses yet another additive genre in the field by offering a practical model of leadership aimed to enhance the future efficacy of minority schools. As such, this extremely topical commentary warrants close attention.