scholarly journals Investigation of Perceptions regarding Teacher Leadership among Secondary School Teachers in Turkey

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Bahadır Gülbahar

Leadership is one of the most important roles expected from teachers today. Teacher leadership is a significant factor in the commitment of schools to their missions to guide societies, to develop a school’s positive aspects and to manage education in an effective way. If this is the case, it is necessary to measure and evaluate the perceptions of teachers with regard to this important role. As yet there is limited amount of research in the literature concerning the determination of teachers’ perceptions regarding teacher leadership. As the basic purpose of the present study is to determine the leadership perceptions of secondary school teachers, it is considered that the study will contribute to the literature. This qualitative research was conducted using the screening model. The study was conducted on 376 secondary school teachers who were selected by means of the simple random sampling method from among 564 teachers who were working at secondary schools in Kırşehir Central County (Turkey) during the 2014-2015 academic year. The “Teacher Leadership Scale” (TLS) was used as the data collection tool. Although the teachers’ “institutional development” sub-dimension perception regarding teacher leadership was found to be at the middle level, this was assessed to be a lacking notation. Teachers’ perception of teacher leadership for the “institutional improvement” sub-dimension was determined to be at the medium level; perceptions concerning “professional development” and “collaboration among colleagues” sub-dimensions were determined to be at a high level. Teachers’ understanding of teacher leadership in terms of the “institutional improvement” sub-dimension exhibited a significant difference in male teachers. Teachers’ perception of teacher leadership in terms of the “professional improvement” sub-dimension exhibited a significant difference according to age and occupational seniority.

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 508-513
Author(s):  
Sijila Das ◽  
Nalinilatha M

The role of teacher is proficient, be composed of academic, didactic and social roles. Academic roles cover teaching, instructing and supervisory characters and pedagogical characters include instructional, valuation and simplifying roles. The study aimed to identify the teaching competency of secondary school teachers. The investigator adopted survey method to study the teaching competency between teachers from selected government, private and aided school. For this study a sample of 300 school teachers from eight various schools which are situated in Palakkad district selected by the investigator using simple random sampling technique. The findings revealed that there is no significant difference towards teaching competency among selected secondary school teachers with respect to personal variables like Gender, Marital Status, Educational Qualification, Type of Management and Teaching experience. The findings of the study help to discover the teaching competency of secondary school teachers in the society.


Author(s):  
Amelie T. Bello ◽  
John H. Olaer

Aims: To determine the influence of clinical supervision of department heads on the instructional competence of secondary school teachers. Study Design: Descriptive-correlational research design. Place and Duration of Study: Digos City National High School during the School Year 2018-2019. Methodology: Respondents were the eight (8) school heads and one hundred seventy eight (178) teachers who were permanently employed at Digos City National High School during the School Year 2018-2019. Complete enumeration was used in the identification of department heads while simple random sampling for the teacher respondents. Mean, Pearson r and Multiple Regression were the statistical tools used to treat the gathered data. Results: The department heads had a high level of clinical supervision in terms of pre-observation, observation/analysis and strategy post-observation conference/analysis. Similarly, teachers a had high level of instructional competence of teachers. This result signified a very strong positive relationship between the two variables which indicated that about 75.80% on the variance of instructional competence can be attributed by the variation of the level of clinical observation. Regression analysis further entailed that clinical supervision significantly influenced the instructional competence of teachers. Conclusion: The significant influence of clinical supervision on teachers’ instructional competence implies that the more teachers are mentored, the better teachers they would become. Thus, it was recommended clinical supervision in schools shall be constantly monitored and implemented so as to improve competence of teachers in the teaching learning process.


Author(s):  
Aneet Kumar

<em>The purpose of the study was to explore the work motivation among secondary school teachers. The table revealed that 23.67% secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 47% secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 29.33% secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. 20% female teachers have low level of work motivation, 48% female teachers have average level of work motivation and 32% female secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. Similarly 27.33% male secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 46% male secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 26.67% male secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. 12% government secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 49.33% government secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 16% government secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. Similarly 35.33% private secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 44.67% private secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 20% private secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. There was no significant difference in the work motivation of male and female secondary school teachers. There was significant difference in the work motivation of government and private secondary school teachers.</em>


Author(s):  
Aneet Kumar

<em>The purpose of the study was to explore the work motivation among secondary school teachers. The table revealed that 23.67% secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 47% secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 29.33% secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. 20% female teachers have low level of work motivation, 48% female teachers have average level of work motivation and 32% female secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. Similarly 27.33% male secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 46% male secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 26.67% male secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. 12% government secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 49.33% government secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 16% government secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. Similarly 35.33% private secondary school teachers have low level of work motivation, 44.67% private secondary school teachers have average level of work motivation and 20% private secondary school teachers have high level of work motivation. There was no significant difference in the work motivation of male and female secondary school teachers. There was significant difference in the work motivation of government and private secondary school teachers.</em>


2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ranju Bala

This study is aimed at (i) studying teacher effectiveness in relation to emotional intelligence and (ii) studying the correlation of teacher effectiveness and emotional intelligence. To achieve the purpose, Teacher Effectiveness Scale by Kulsum (2000) and Emotional Intelligence Scale by Hyde, Pethe and Dhar (2001) were employed. A sample of 200 secondary school teachers was selected on the basis of random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data. The t-value was applied. Results indicate a significant difference between teacher effectiveness among male and female & Govt. and Private secondary school teachers. Findings on the basis of one way analysis of variance reveal that the group of secondary school teachers with high emotional intelligence is more effective than the group of teachers with average or low emotional intelligence. There exists positive and significant relationship between teacher effectiveness and emotional intelligence among secondary school teachers.


2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 37-51
Author(s):  
Višnja Rajić ◽  
Tomislav Rajić

Due to the changes in society and the new era of “super-diversity” (Vertovec, 2007) in European countries, intercultural competence is gaining importance both in everyday life situations and teacher training. In the academic year of 2014/2105, a research was conducted on a sample of 136 prospective secondary school teachers undergoing their pedagogical-didactical-methodological training in different universities in the Republic of Croatia. The tool that was employed in the self-assessment of intercultural competence was called Recognising intercultural competence: What shows that I am interculturally competent? The results showed that the examinees perceive their intercultural competence quite high; attitudes (M = 4,09); skills (M = 4,12); knowledge (M = 4,02). There is no significant difference between the perceived dimensions (p = ,282). Further research is recommended to better understand the insights about the examinees’ understanding of intercultural competence.


Author(s):  
Yuen Fook Chan ◽  
Nusrah Ahmad Mukhtar ◽  
Norsidah Mohammed Noordin

The chapter aimed to examine the relationship of leadership styles and attitude towards organizational change among 360 secondary school teachers in Selangor. Statistical analysis techniques, namely, mean and standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis, were used. Findings indicated that although teachers perceived the leadership styles of their principals were only at the moderate level, teachers showed a high level of positive attitude towards organizational change. There were positive relationships between principals' leadership styles and teachers' attitudes towards organizational change. The results also revealed that 11.8% of the variance of attitude towards organizational change is explained by transformational leadership style. Hence, transformational leadership style has an influence on the teachers' attitudes towards organizational change. The practical implications of these findings were discussed to provide insights for the improvement on leadership practices towards organizational change in the secondary schools in Malaysia.


Author(s):  
Yuen Fook Chan ◽  
Nusrah Ahmad Mukhtar ◽  
Norsidah Mohammed Noordin

The chapter aimed to examine the relationship of leadership styles and attitude towards organizational change among 360 secondary school teachers in Selangor. Statistical analysis techniques, namely, mean and standard deviation, Pearson product moment correlation, and multiple regression analysis, were used. Findings indicated that although teachers perceived the leadership styles of their principals were only at the moderate level, teachers showed a high level of positive attitude towards organizational change. There were positive relationships between principals' leadership styles and teachers' attitudes towards organizational change. The results also revealed that 11.8% of the variance of attitude towards organizational change is explained by transformational leadership style. Hence, transformational leadership style has an influence on the teachers' attitudes towards organizational change. The practical implications of these findings were discussed to provide insights for the improvement on leadership practices towards organizational change in the secondary schools in Malaysia.


Author(s):  
Alma G. Villanueva ◽  
Thelma Q. Meer

The research aimed to determine the Predictors Affecting the Level of Work Satisfaction in Relation to the Work Performance Among Secondary School Teachers in the Division of Zambales During SY 20120-2021. The descriptive research design were used with survey questionnaire as the data gathering.The study was limited on predictors affecting the level of work performance as to teaching hours, salary/remuneration, school officials/administrators, peer/colleagues, student factor, work environment and community supports predictors respectively. The respondents of the study were Secondary Teachers in the Division of Zambales. The findings revealed that the teacher-respondent is a typical female in her early adulthood, married, Roman Catholic, Mathematics major, Teacher 1, BS degree with masteral units of education and had been teaching for almost a decade. The teacher-respondent agreed on the predictors affecting the level of work performance as to teaching hours, salary/remuneration, school officials/administrators, peer/colleagues, student factor, work environment factor and community support. The teachers were rated “Very Satisfactory” on their level of work performance. There was a significant difference on the assessment towards salary/remuneration when grouped according to civil status, religion and highest educational attainment; on school officials/administrators when grouped according to position/designation. There was significant difference on the assessment of the teacher-respondents towards predictors affecting the level of work satisfaction. There was no significant relationship between the work satisfaction predictors and the level of work performance as reflected in the IPCRF performance rating.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 78-83
Author(s):  
Jeselle S. Aquino

The problem of poor quality in education has been traced to a number of causes, which include socio-economic factors, teacher-related factors, inadequate learning materials, and the short and congested school curriculum, among others. With this result, it is therefore imperative to organize remediation programs in low performing schools to address the needs of the learners to achieve desired learning outcomes and to enhance faculty’s teaching competence. The study determined the remedial teaching practices employed by secondary school teachers in both public and private schools in Northern Samar. It also found out the difference between the extent of remedial teaching practices as perceived by the teachers and students and if there was a significant difference between the extent of practices of public and private secondary schools in Northern Samar. The descriptive-comparative method was utilized in the study using a researcher-made survey questionnaire as the primary instrument. The study was conducted in twenty (20) public and private secondary schools in Northern Samar selected based on the results of the National Achievement Test (NAT) from 2010 to 2011. Frequency counts, percentages, and weighted mean computations were used to analyze the data obtained. The t-test was used to test the difference between the extent of remedial teaching practices as perceived by the secondary teachers and students and the difference in the extent of remedial teaching practices among public and private secondary schools in Northern Samar. The remedial teaching practices of the secondary school teachers were rated “extensive” by both teachers and students. There was a significant difference between the perceptions of the secondary school teachers and the students on the extent of remedial teaching practices but there was no significant difference between the extent of remedial teaching practices of the public and the private secondary schools in Northern Samar.


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