Transformational Leadership in Teacher Education
Journal Title: International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 3
Abstract
Transformational leadership should be prioritised in order to develop more competent leaders to lead transformation in teachers training colleges. Specifically, transformational leaders can explain the goals and strategies to improve the understanding of teacher educators on how to achieve the vision and missions. In the line with this, transformational leadership is found to be very substantial in transforming teacher education. Despite the significance of this construct, valid instruments have proven yet to be developed in the context of teacher education. Therefore, the absence of valid instrument to assess transformational leadership among leaders in teacher education has obstructed researches in this area. Thus, this study aimed in developing a valid instrument to assess transformational leadership among leaders in teachers training colleges. A survey encompassed of 100 teacher educators was carried out in one of the teacher training college in the southern part of Malaysia. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was used to identify the underlying factors. Result of EFA formed a 22-item version of Transformational Leadership Inventory (TLI). All the combined 22 items explained 69.469% of the total cumulative variance. The findings showed that TLI can be used as a valid instrument to assess transformational leadership among head of departments in teacher training colleges. Moreover, it provides a wide-ranging guideline for directors to plan a short course on transformational leadership for newly-appointed head of departments.
Authors and Affiliations
Sugunah Supermane, Lokman Mohd. Tahir . , Mazlan Aris
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- DOI 10.6007/IJARBSS/v8-i3/3925
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