TITLE:
“Pioneers”—The Druze Women School Principals as Role Models & Generators of Social Change
AUTHORS:
Janan Faraj-Falah, Yossi Maman
KEYWORDS:
Druze, Women Status, School Managers, Israel, Social Changes
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.7,
July
24,
2019
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this preliminary study is to examine the
attitudes of Druze women-school principals in relation to their role and its
social significance. The research is qualitative, a “case study” of the
phenomenon (Behrendt, 2017). Thus, in the “Holistic” research approach (Abuhav,
2013), the researcher is interested in revealing, learning and understanding
the internal world of “subjects” from their point of By this approach, the
origin of behavior is affected by definitions, beliefs, values and ideologies
of the “subjects” (Pelto & Pelto, 1978). The main field work is based on
in-depth ethnographic structured interviews as a primary source for
information, enabling the interviewee to tell her story freely and still being
focused on the research questions. The interviews include 5 Druze women school
principals to describe their own personal experiences (Spradley, 1979).