EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP and CREATIVITY

pted to identify the main features of educational leadership and creativity from an Islamic perspective. In addition, the study intended to explore the leadership practices and creativity traits of Islamic school principals in Jordan. Specifically, the study examined whether Islamic school principals in Jordan display (i) leadership behavior as categorized by Kouzes and Posner (1987), that is Challenging the Process, Inspiring a Shared Vision, Enabling Others to Act, Modeling the Way, and Encouraging the Heart, as well as Observing Islamic Value System, Building a Positive Culture, Managing and Leading, Relating with Students, Relating with Community, as identified by the researcher, and (ii) Creativity traits of Passion for Work, Independence, Goal Setting, Originality, Flexibility, Wide Range of Interests, Intelligence, and Motivation, by Goertz (1993).