The effects of principals’ communication practices on teachers’ emotional distress

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 642-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Izhak Berkovich ◽  
Ori Eyal
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Supportive Communication ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Emotional Change ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Empathic Listening ◽  
Communication Practices

Educational leadership plays a significant role in school success, through its effects on teachers’ emotions, attitudes, and behaviours. However, the knowledge of how school leaders influence teachers’ emotions is very limited. Most existing evidence focuses on general explanations that are not the result of controlled research designs, which is why we lack solid operative knowledge on principals’ emotional support of teachers in emotional distress. The present study seeks to address this lacuna. Our approach focuses on interpersonal communication, aimed at expanding the operative knowledge about emotionally supportive communication in principal–teacher relations. The study is based on the experimental vignette method, which makes it possible to infer causality. The data were collected using a sample of 113 primary school teachers. The study found that principals’ empathic listening is associated with greater attributed emotional reframing (i.e. positive emotional change), irrespective of the message that principals communicate; however, it is only the presence of a reframing message, whether empowering or normalising, that influences the actual reframing of negative affect.

scholarly journals Social Sustainability of Post-Disaster: How Teachers Enable Primary School Students to Be Resilient in Times of Ranau Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 7308
Author(s):  
Soon Singh Bikar ◽  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir ◽  
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Post Disaster

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5 June 2015, February 2018, and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter, although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has deep passing psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews with 16 primary school students, it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students, namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is that social media can be used as a spontaneous and proactive tool for supporting the student’s resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.

scholarly journals PENGARUH GAYA KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA SEKOLAH DAN KOMUNIKASI INTERPERSONAL TERHADAP MOTIVASI MENGAJAR GURU DI SEKOLAH DASAR NEGERI KABUPATEN NIAS

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-112
Author(s):  
Odaligo Batee
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Principal Leadership ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teacher Motivation ◽  
Personal Communication ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Partial Analysis ◽  
Principal Leadership Style

The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of the principal leadership style and interpersonal communication on teacher's motivation at State Elementary School in Kabupaten Nias. This study is a quantitative research using regression analysis, with 70 primary school teachers as respondents. The results showed that the simultant effect of leadership style and interpersonal communication onteacher motivation is 30% (p = 0,000). The partial analysis indicated that the leadership style of principals has a positive and significant effect on teacher motivation, with a beta value of 0,126. (p = 0,15); interpersonal communication has a positive and significant effect on teachers' motivation with a beta value of 0,56 (p = 0,02). The implication of this finding is that it is essential for the principal to adopt a conducive leadership style and personal communication, in order to produce optimal performance of the teachers that he/she leads.    Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh pengaruh gaya kepemimpinan kepala sekolah dan komunikasi interpersonal terhadap motivasi mengajar guru Pegawai Negeri di Sekolah Dasar Negeri Se-Kabupaten Nias dengan menggunakan analisis regresi, dengan responden sebanyak 70 guru sekolah dasar.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa secara simultan terdapat pengaruh anatara gaya kepemimpinan dan komunikasi interpersonal terhadap motivasi mengajar guru sebesar 30% (p = 0,000). Secara partial,gaya kepemimpinan kepala sekolah berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap motivasi mengajar guru dengan nilai beta 0,126. (p = 0,15),komunikasi interpersonal berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap motivasi mengajar guru dengan nilai beta 0,56 ( p = 0,02). Implikasi temuan ini adalah penting sekali bagi kepala sekolah untuk menerapkan gaya kepemimpinan dan komunikasi personal yang kondusif, untuk dapat menghasilkan kinerja optimal pada staf guru yang dipimpinnya.

scholarly journals How Teachers Enable Primary School Students to be Resilient in Times of Ranau Earthquake

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Singh Bikar ◽  
Balan Rathakrishnan ◽  
Mohammad Rahim Kamaluddin ◽  
Norruzeyati Che Mohd Nasir ◽  
Mohd Azrin Mohd Nasir
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Emotional Support ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Severe Damage ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
School Students ◽  
Primary School Teachers

The Ranau Earthquake that struck on 5, June 2015 and follow by February 2018 and April 2021, were a new disaster in Sabah and caused many Sabahan to panic. The unpredicted disaster also caused a serious impact on all aspects of life in Sabah. The earthquake has caused severe damage to eight primary schools in the vicinity of the epicenter; although no casualties were reported. However, the disaster has passing deep psychological effects among students. In this study, we examine how the primary school teachers enabled the student to be resilient during and after the disaster. Based on the interviews of 16 primary school students it was revealed that most of the teachers used WhatsApp to support resilience during and after the earthquake. Interviews with 16 primary school teachers revealed there were two main reasons for them to communicate with students namely, delivering emotional aid and monitoring their stress. Based on student interviews, five content categories of emotional support were identified: caring, reassuring, emotion sharing, belonging, and distracting. The main contribution of this study is social media can be used as a spontaneously and proactive tool to support student's resilience during and after the earthquake trauma.

Role of Teachers in Building the Concept of Sustainable Development: Success or Failure

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayaz Muhammad Khan ◽  
Amber Jamshaid ◽  
Tayyibah Roohi ◽  
Amna Ramzan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Primary Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Role Of Teachers ◽  
Major Factors

Sustainable Development (SD) is a rich, challenging and thought-provoking construct in social sciences. The main purpose of this paper was to identify and explore the role played by primary school teachers in building up the idea of sustainable development (SD) among students. This paper was intended to identify that how a teacher can successfully execute the concept of SD by influencing students’ minds at the primary level. Quantitative survey technique were utilized for data collection. All the primary school teachers of Lahore division comprised the population of the study. Through multistage sampling technique, 352 primary school teachers were selected as participants of the study. A self-developed SD questionnaire incorporating four major factors (teachers’ awareness, pedagogy, curricular and co-curricular activities) with Cronbach’s alpha value = .93 was used to measure the role of teachers in building the sustainability concept among students at primary level. The results indicated a significant mean score difference among SD scores of teachers, sector wise (private and public). Furthermore, the results also reconnoitered the significant difference (p=.04) between the mean scores of female and male teachers in building up the SD concept in students’ minds.

The Performance of Primary School Teachers In the Unit of Education Technical Implementation, Banyumanik, Semarang

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 81
Author(s):  
Muhamad Afandi ◽  
Sari Yustiana
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Assessment Of Learning ◽  
Overall Performance

The purpose of this study is mainly to describe the performance of primary school teachersin the unit of education technical implementation in Banyumanik, Semarang. This researchwas conducted in January- August 2017. The sample of this research is 162 primaryschool teachers selected by random sampling technique in order to get the same opportunityas sample. The instruments used in this study were the assessment sheets, the RatingSheet consisted of 64 items of question, and 3 indicators of Primary School TeacherPerformance. The results show that each of Implementation of lesson plans is categorizedvery well (90, 9%), the execution of the learning is 83.4%, assessment of learning is good(82.8%). The Overall performance of primary school teachers is categorized good( 85 , 7 % ). In other words, the primary school teachers of the unit of education technicalimplementation in Banyumanik Semarang can arrange the lesson plans, carry out learningand teaching process and assess the learning process in elementary school.

A Study of Teacher’s Commitment of Primary School Teachers

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (11) ◽  
pp. 142-144
Author(s):  
Dr. B. Yella Reddy ◽  
◽  
Dr. T. I. Nagarjuna Dr. T. I. Nagarjuna ◽  
Dr. M. Sateeshnadha Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Primary School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Primary School Teachers
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