Open AccessA Study on the Instructional Leadership Behaviors of Primary School Principals According to the Opinions of Administrators and Teachers
Author(s) -
Rabia Akdağ,
Turan Akman Erkılıç
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
responsible education, learning and teaching in emerging economies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2708-4310
pISSN - 2708-4183
DOI - 10.26710/relate.v3i2.1948
Subject(s) - instructional leadership , psychology , originality , value (mathematics) , mathematics education , educational leadership , sample (material) , pedagogy , medical education , social psychology , computer science , medicine , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning , creativity
Purpose: The purpose of the study is to determine how often primary school principals perform instructional leadership behaviors and whether their performance differs based on administrator and teacher views.
Design/Methodology/Approach: The study was designed as a descriptive quantitative study. Convenience sampling was used and 47 administrators and 190 teachers were included in the sample.
Findings: The study found that principals exhibited instructional leadership behaviors "most of the time" both in general and in its sub-dimensions. Administrator and teacher views regarding the frequency of exhibiting the instructional leadership behaviors of principals differed based on gender, designation and educational levels.
Implications/Originality/Value: To what extent school principals exhibit instructional leadership behaviors in primary schools is important. Thus, determining how often primary school principals exhibit instructional leadership behaviors and the conditions that influence their behavior was deemed to be important.