A Study on the Relationship between the Professional Leadership of Principal and the School Effectiveness in Primary School
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to understand the current status of professional leadership of primary school principal as well as analyze their impact on the school effectiveness.So that educational entity, primary school principals and teachers can enhance the school performance and effectiveness.First of all, based on theoretical literature and empirical research on related subjects, an assessment tool is developed:Questionnaire-¡§The relationships between professional leadership of principals and school effectiveness in primary school¡¨ and content validity is constructed by professionals. Pilot test is conducted at Stage 2 to construct the reliability and validity of questionnaire via statistical measurements such as item analysis and factor analysis. In the questionnaire, regarding the Item ¡§Leadership of principal¡¨, the overall Cronbach £\ value obtained is .9655, the total explained variances are 70.549%¡Fregarding the Item ¡§School Effectiveness¡¨, the overall Cronbach £\ value is .9584, the total explained variances are 70.549%. Then, formal test is proceeded on education staff members at Stage 3.Among a total of 705 copies of questionnaire being issued, 668 copies are collected, the usability is 94.8%.Descriptive statistics,variances analysis, product-moment correlation, Stepwise regression analysis are applied for statistics and analysis of assumptions proposed in this study.
We come to the following conclusions based on the results of statistics and analysis:
1. The results of overall sampling has a positive recognition on the relationship of professional leadership of principal and effectiveness of school management.
2. The higher the professional leadership principal exerts, the higher the school effectiveness would be achieved.The effectiveness of school administration can be promoted and enhanced through the professional leadership of the principal in primary school.
3. Educators, who are aged and appointed principal, have a more positive viewpoint towards the ¡§Professional development¡¨ and ¡§Administrative leadership¡¨ of principal.
4. Educators, who are aged, graduated from graduate school and assumed the principal of a school sized from 25 to 48 classes, have a better recognition on the ¡§Learning performance¡¨ of school effectiveness.
5. There are close relationships between the professional leadership of principal and the school effectiveness, i.e. the better the principal exercises the professional leadership, the better the school effectiveness is.
6. The school effectiveness can be effectively predicted through the professional leadership of principal.Among them, the teaching leadership is most predicable.
Based on the above conclusions, the writer would propose concrete recommendations on administrative entity of education, primary principal, school and follow-up researches to be referred as a basis to promote the school effectiveness.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:NSYSU/oai:NSYSU:etd-0528105-140504 |
| Date | 28 May 2005 |
| Creators | Chen, Hsin-chun |
| Contributors | Qing-Rui , Chen, Pai-Lu , Wu, Tsai-feng , Cheng |
| Publisher | NSYSU |
| Source Sets | NSYSU Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Archive |
| Language | Cholon |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0528105-140504 |
| Rights | unrestricted, Copyright information available at source archive |
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