Model of Educational Leadership Based on Aesthetics in Higher Education System (Iranian Public Universities)

This study aimed to present a model of educational leadership based on aesthetics in Iranian public universities from 2019 to 2021 with a qualitative approach. In this applied-exploratory research, the data collection tool was an interview. The statistical population included all experts from public universities and 13 people were selected as a sample of statistics by the snowball method. In the open coding step, 952 initial codes were extracted. In the end, 123 concepts were explained in the form of 33 sub-categories or components, and 10 main categories in the form of 6 categories formed the paradigm model of educational leadership based on aesthetics. In the proposed model, the beautiful educational leader became the center of gravity of the paradigm model with samples of the leadership of mind and emotions, beautiful educational behavior, the spiritual look and insight, and adornment. Individual capacities and atmosphere of the university as causal conditions; institutional-organizational capacities including structural and process factors, culture, professional human resource management, and university image as the dominant platform; factors derived from the macro environment and cultural and stereotyped barriers and structural barriers as intervening conditions; socio-cultural strategies, educational-promotional strategies, modeling and honoring aesthetic leaders, reviewing and modifying programs along with strategies for streamlining, and beautiful bureaucracy as model actions and interactions; and ultimately creating a beautiful growing university, achieving personal maturity, and social development are the consequences of this model.