Perceptions of Elementary Teachers on the Instructional Leadership Role of School Principals
Yavuz, Mustafa; Bas, Gokhan.
Abstract: In this research, elementary school principals' instructional leadership behavior was evaluated based on the perceptions of elementary school teachers. The research is believed to contribute to the development of instructional leadership behavior of elementary school principals for the development of school organization. A "semi-structured interview technique", one of the qualitative research methods in the literature was used in the research. The study group was made up of elementary school teachers working in Nigde, Turkey, during the 2008-2009 academic year. For the study sample, one teacher from each school was selected at random, resulting in group of twenty elementary school teachers. Based on the content analysis, five themes of instructional leadership behavior were found. These themes are: (1) determination of the school's purpose; (2) management of instruction; (3) evaluation of students; (4) support to teachers; and (5) creation of a regular learning-teaching environment.
总结:在这项研究中,小学校长教学领导行为是基于小学教师的认知评价。这项研究被认为有助于小学校长对学校组织的发展教学领导行为的发展。发现五个主题的教学领导行为。这些主题包括:(1)确定学校的目的;(2)指令的管理学生;(3)评估;(4)教师的支持;(五)建立定期学习的教学环境。
来源:Online Submission, US-China Education Review v7 n4 p83-93 Apr 2010. 11 pp.