Research On Principal’s Instructional Leadership,Teacher’s Professional Learning Community and Teacher’s Pedagogical Praxis

Authors

  • Nan Wang

Keywords:

Principal’s Instructional Leadership; Teacher’s Professional Learning Community; University Teachers; Pedagogical Praxis.

Abstract

According to the data from the standardized questionnaire filled by 846  university teachers, this research concluded several outcomes based on the collected data, which follows statistical methodologies of Mean, T-Test, Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Canonical Correlation Analysis and Multiple stepwise regression. A brief overview of the conclusion will be provided: 1. The current average perception of  university teachers about Principal’ s instructional leadership is at the "medium to upper" level; 2. In terms of elementary school Teacher’s perception of Teacher’s professional learning community, there are significant differences in different background variables; 3. In terms of the pedagogical praxis of  university teachers, apart from the "school scale" variable, there are significant differences in other background variables; 4. There is a positive correlation between the Principal’ s instructional leadership and the Teacher’s professional learning community. The Principal’ s instructional leadership can sufficiently influence the forecastability on the Teacher’s professional learning community through two canonical variables, with the variation of 1% and 0.5%; 5. There is a positive relationship between the Principal’ s instructional leadership and the Teacher’s pedagogical praxis. The Principal’ s instructional leadership can sufficiently influence the forecastability of the Teacher’s professional learning community through two canonical variables, with the variation of 1.6% and 0.1%; 6. There is a positive relationship between the Teacher’s professional learning community and the Teacher’s pedagogical praxis. The Principal’s instructional leadership can sufficiently influence the forecastability on the Teacher’s professional learning community through two canonical variables, with the variation of 93.3% and 4.8%; 7. The Principal’ s instructional leadership and Teacher’s professional learning community have the influence weight of 93% forecastability to Teacher’s pedagogical praxis.

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Published

02-11-2023

How to Cite

Wang, N. (2023). Research On Principal’s Instructional Leadership,Teacher’s Professional Learning Community and Teacher’s Pedagogical Praxis. Transactions on Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, 2, 108-120. https://wepub.org/index.php/TSSEHR/article/view/151