House of Expertise Vis-À-Vis Educational Consultancy Development: Exploring the Administrators and Educational Leaders’ Perceptions in Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Introducing change, improvement, and development to organizations, and developing them for the better are among the basic objectives of the houses of expertise for educational consultancy where think tanks conduct scientific studies of educational institutions and make recommendations. Thus, this study aimed to find out the importance of establishing houses for educational expertise and consultancy in the education departments in Saudi Arabia, and to present a proposed vision for these houses of educational expertise and consultancy within the country. This study was conducted using both a mixed method approach which consisted of qualitative and quantitative data. The researchers conducted a documentary analysis as well as collecting data from the sample covered 439 individuals including 217 educational supervisors, and 222 school leaders. It was conducted on the apparent honesty of the arbitrators, and the scale was tested for stability using the Alpha-Cronbach coefficient. The general stability was 0.957, and it included 10 items.  The results of the study showed the importance of establishing houses for educational expertise and consultancy in the education departments, as it came with Mean of 4.29. The qualitative results supported the process, complexity and strategic ways of creating the houses of expertise for educational consultancy. The researcher recommended a set of recommendations, which most notably is the need to establish houses for educational expertise and consultations in education departments to improve and develop the performance of education.