Cultural Bridging and Disciplinary Integration: Constructing Educational Leadership in the Management Dilemma of a Cross-Cultural Transfer Student A Case Study from Shenzhen
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school. It identifies inherent conflicts between standardized educational norms and individualized learning paradigms, leading to managerial
dilemmas such as a lack of institutional support and broken home-school trust. Grounded in Transformational Leadership and Restorative Discipline theories, this study constructs an integrative framework, proposing three strategiescultural bridging, educational intervention, and
collaborative home-school governanceto resolve such crises systematically. The findings offer empirical insights and a actionable pathway
for educational leadership to balance cultural inclusivity with institutional discipline in a globalized context.
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