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Journal of Education & Social Sciences - Volume 13, Issue 2 2025
By Muhammad Waseem, Amjad Reba, Zubaida, Nafeesa Mir Zaman
10.20547/jess1322513201
Keywords: Leadership, Instructional/Educational Leadership, Leadership Styles, Learning Culture, Professional/Faculty Development
In educational institutions, leadership plays a key role in fostering learning cultures for both teachers and students. This piece of research work intended to explore the challenges encounter by educational leadership in creating learning culture for their faculty in higher education institutes. The study founded on the assumption that educational leaders encourage their faculty to develop learning culture not only for students but also for their faculty , an atmosphere that inspires work-place learning and where both gaining and sharing professional knowledge are prioritized and valued. The effectiveness of educational leadership for developing learning culture in higher education was rarely discussed. Mainstream higher education researches on leadership largely neglect this aspect of leadership’s role and called for narrowing this gap in the available academic knowledge. This was the specific motive for the study, which pragmatically explored, what tensions surround educational leaderships for developing learning culture for faculty development and which dilemmas they faced during journey of leadership. This piece of work involved six Heads/Deans of Department of Education from different private universities for research. Cresswell (2008) suggested that studying 5 to 25 cases are enough to infer about a phenomenon. Semi structured interviews were used to gain data. The data offered information about professional experiences and problems face by leadership for establishing learning culture, placed within the higher educational institutions and centered on the study topics. Thematic analysis was applied to assess the qualitative data. The qualitative data from interviews was analyzed through thematic analysis, following Braun and Clarke's (2006) framework of familiarization, coding, theme development, and review. The study indicated that sustaining learning environment and promoting faculty development in higher education involves complicated issues, necessitating strategic leadership methods and appreciation of faculty contributions.
Submission Date: 26 Aug, 2025 Reviews Completed: 7 Nov, 2025Acceptance Date: 18 Dec, 2025 Publication Date: 31 Dec, 2025