Rima Karami-Akkary
American University of Beirut
H-index: 10
Asia-Lebanon
Description
Rima Karami-Akkary, With an exceptional h-index of 10 and a recent h-index of 9 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at American University of Beirut, specializes in the field of School Based Improvement, Principal Preparation, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, Professional Development.
His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:
Experiences of Arab Women Leading School Reform Through a School-University Partnership
Innovation and New Directions: Searching for Novel Paths in Arab Education Reform
Distributed leadership as a path to organizational commitment: The case of a Lebanese school
The struggle of Lebanese teacher unions in a neoliberal period
Professor Information
University | American University of Beirut |
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Position | Associate Professor of Educational Administration and Policy Studies |
Citations(all) | 515 |
Citations(since 2020) | 355 |
Cited By | 252 |
hIndex(all) | 10 |
hIndex(since 2020) | 9 |
i10Index(all) | 10 |
i10Index(since 2020) | 8 |
University Profile Page | American University of Beirut |
Research & Interests List
School Based Improvement
Principal Preparation
Educational Change
Teacher Leadership
Professional Development
Top articles of Rima Karami-Akkary
Experiences of Arab Women Leading School Reform Through a School-University Partnership
This qualitative case study examines the experiences of 10 Arab women educational leaders leading, as part of a school-university partnership, a movement for school reform in the Arab world. An analysis of the findings, guided by the feminist perspective and using the intersection of literature on leadership of school improvement and women’s ways of leading, reveals that participants’ views and practices of leadership align both with best practices for leading school improvement and what the literature found about women’s leadership specially in the Arab World. The results also show that despite alignment between the participants’ experience and the experience of women leading in the Arab region, participants focused their effort on optimizing their assets, such as enabling work conditions, rather than on fighting against the structural constraints that typically hinder women from leading. We argue that the women …
Authors
Rima Karami Akkary,Stephanie Jureidini
Journal
Leadership and Policy in Schools
Published Date
2024/2/19
Innovation and New Directions: Searching for Novel Paths in Arab Education Reform
In October 2018, Carnegie published a report calling for fundamental educational reform in the Arab world and arguing for the need for that reform to move “from schooling to learning” in order to “serve the needs of pluralistic societies and foster the development of active, responsible citizens who are empowered to deal with complexity and advance constructive change.” 1 The report gave a number of recommendations encompassing the different fields within which education takes place: the school, the state, and the society at large.This paper, with many of the authors of the first report participating again, attempts to go in further depth about the findings of the first report. It is evident that Arab governments still see education reform as a top-down effort that continues to perpetuate power relations and authoritarian thinking, sidelining critical and creative thinking among students. The paper places special emphasis on several reform efforts that are being implemented across the Arab region, many in a bottom-up approach that attempts a collaborative approach with governments but is not held hostage to old authoritarian thinking. Rather than simply admiring the problem, the report attempts to highlight several experiences taking place within different Arab educational systems, not so much because these experiences are necessarily transportable but rather to point out that together with the challenges, there are also successes that can be built on.
Authors
Wafa Al-Khadra,Shaikha Jabor Al-Thani,Nathan J Brown,Heba El-Deghaidy
Published Date
2022/10/20
Distributed leadership as a path to organizational commitment: The case of a Lebanese school
This study explores distributed leadership in school characterized by high teacher organizational commitment using case study research. Leadership is distributed in formal and informal manners. Teachers were directly involved in academic but not in administrative decision-making. Although school lacks democratic leadership, teachers’ organizational commitment remained high. This is due to the surrounding authoritarian Lebanese culture that normalizes the formal leaders monopoly on decision-making especially administrative decisions perceived to be outside the realm of teachers’ expertise. Results suggest recommendations for the transformation of schools to professional communities that adopt a distributed form of leadership where teachers’ voices are invited.
Authors
Roula Rafic Berjaoui,Rima Karami-Akkary
Journal
Leadership and Policy in Schools
Published Date
2020/10/1
The struggle of Lebanese teacher unions in a neoliberal period
Teacher unions worldwide are being criticized for disregarding their responsibility as professionals towards education and students. Critics have claimed that teacher unions tend to protect incompetent teachers, place their own needs and interests above their students, and continuously demand for financial increases even when there is more urgency to elevate teacher professionalism and improve teacher quality. This statement does not take into consideration the political, social and economic aspects that influence unions’ decisions. Therefore, this study utilizes a qualitative research design, specifically a grounded theory approach to investigate the challenges facing teacher unions in Lebanon from the perspective of union leaders and union members. Data was collected from seventeen public school union leaders and twenty-one teachers. Findings have revealed that teacher unions have assumed a social justice role limited to raising awareness. There are organizational, legal, political, educational, social, and economic barriers that prevent teacher unions in Lebanon from assuming a more active role as a union.
Authors
Emma Ghosn,Rima Karami Akkary
Journal
Research in Educational Administration and Leadership
Published Date
2020/3
Professor FAQs
What is Rima Karami-Akkary's h-index at American University of Beirut?
The h-index of Rima Karami-Akkary has been 9 since 2020 and 10 in total.
What are Rima Karami-Akkary's top articles?
The articles with the titles of
Experiences of Arab Women Leading School Reform Through a School-University Partnership
Innovation and New Directions: Searching for Novel Paths in Arab Education Reform
Distributed leadership as a path to organizational commitment: The case of a Lebanese school
The struggle of Lebanese teacher unions in a neoliberal period
are the top articles of Rima Karami-Akkary at American University of Beirut.
What are Rima Karami-Akkary's research interests?
The research interests of Rima Karami-Akkary are: School Based Improvement, Principal Preparation, Educational Change, Teacher Leadership, Professional Development
What is Rima Karami-Akkary's total number of citations?
Rima Karami-Akkary has 515 citations in total.