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Purpose: The present research was conducted with the aim of expressing the challenges of transformational leaders in schools.Method: The approach of the current research is qualitative and the strategy used is narrative research.The researched population was all school principals of Kermanshah city.Sampling was purposeful and 13 people were studied until reaching theoretical saturation. Data collection was semi-structured interview and document review. Validation in the present research was examined and confirmed based on the process of verifiability, transferability, believability and reliability.Findings: The analysis showed that the challenges of transformational leaders in schools include different aspects. The participants reflected the challenges in the form of challenges of different definitions and perceptions, the need for capabilities and competences, and finally structural challenges, and these results were drawn in three graphs. Challenges related to the definition and characteristics include the following: common goals, planning, creating a professional work team, creating change and transformation and inspiring employees. In the challenges related to the necessary competencies of transformational leaders, we also found five main categories including: scientific support, emotional support, clear and two-way communication, organizational foresight, creating a creative and dynamic environment.In the structural challenges faced by transformational leaders, we also found four categories including: organizational issues, individual issues, socio-cultural issues and lack of resources and facilities.

The purpose of the present study was to present a causal model of the effect of educational conflict on students' educational self-regulation, taking into account the mediating role of family communication patterns. Therefore, in terms of purpose, this research is applied and in terms of methodology, it is quantitative research of correlation. The statistical population of this research includes all students of Payam Noor University of Isfahan in the academic year 1400-1401. 300 people were selected as the sample of this study using the random sampling method. Rio’s Educational Engagement questionnaires (2013), Bouffard et al.’s (1995) Educational Self-regulation, and Koerner and Fitzpatrick’s (2004) family communication patterns were used to collect data. To analyze the data at the level of descriptive statistics, mean, standard deviation tests and at the inferential level, T-tests, regression coefficients, and path analysis were used in the SPSS19 software environment. The research findings have shown that there is a positive and significant relationship between all of the research variables the results of path analysis also showed that the variable of family communication patterns was able to establish a mediating role in the effect of educational conflict on educational self-regulation.