Enhancing Secondary Education: Diagnosing, Developing, and Assessing a Novel Educational Management Model

Abstract

Quality education is the major concern in all over the world. This study underscores the significance of education management in tandem with student achievement improvement. The study investigates problems in existing high school management models, figures out why these issues occur, and creates a new model. The research was qualitative in nature and conducted in two phases. In the initial phase, a Likert scale questionnaire and open-ended questions were distributed to 400 head teachers, yielding responses from 320. The second stage involved semi-structured interviews with the top 45 respondents to identify solutions to issues in educational management models. Qualitative data from these interviews were analyzed through a thematic approach, including open coding, axial coding, and conditional matrices. The initial phase also involved an in-depth document analysis and a critical review of global management models. Using the gathered data, a new educational management model was created. In the second phase, the model's effectiveness was evaluated using a checklist and qualitative observations, which showed positive results for school heads and educational managers.