Proposing a new model for long-term learning among mid-level school leaders: toward enhancing organizational learning via simulation training

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to propose a new theory promoting long-term learning among mid-level leaders in schools via simulation training.

Design/methodology/approach

The proposed model is derived from the socioecological model, a model that takes into account the multifaceted effects of different disciplines. The proposed interdisciplinary model may be assimilated by considering the ethical-social context of mid-level leaders undergoing simulation training.

Findings

A new interdisciplinary model emerges from the original socioecological model. The model's interdisciplinary approach, crossing disciplines such as leadership, management and learning, enables this model to serve as a platform for research that enhances long-term learning among mid-level leaders in schools.

Practical implications

The elicited model, which can be assimilated via simulation training, may enhance long-term learning among mid-level leaders in schools and help to shape educational policy, improve learning and impact the exchange of knowledge between countries.

Originality/value

The emergent interdisciplinary model is expected to foster thinking beyond the traditional boundaries of each discipline and to enhance long-term learning in an ethical context among mid-level school leaders. The model's interdisciplinary approach, which creates new emergent dimensions suited to the challenges of the 21st century, makes this model a unique platform for research and simulation training that enhances long-term learning.

Citation

Shapira-Lishchinsky, O. (2020), "Proposing a new model for long-term learning among mid-level school leaders: toward enhancing organizational learning via simulation training", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 34 No. 9, pp. 1375-1386. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-08-2019-0296