The Degree to Which Secondary School Teachers in Public Schools Accept the Use of Transformative Leadership by Their Principals from Their Perspective

Rahmeh Abbaas B Alhameedyeen

doi:10.5539/mas.v12n6p6

Abstract

The study aimed at identifying the degree to which secondary school teachers in public schools accept the use of transformative leadership by their principals from their perspective. The study used the descriptive method, and developed a questionnaire containing (20) paragraphs. The validity and reliability of the study tool has been verified. The study population contains the working teachers of high schools of the first semester of the academic year 2017-2018. They were taken among secondary public schools at Zarqa Education Principalate II. A random sample of 250 teachers was taken. The study concluded the following results:- The mean averages and standard deviations showed that the degree to which secondary school teachers in public schools accept the use of transformative leadership by their principals from their perspective was moderate. Therefore, the study recommends that teachers be introduced to the importance of transformative leadership and give training courses to activate the application of transformative management in secondary public schools.- There are statistically significant differences in the grades of study's sample of the degree to which secondary school teachers in public schools accept the use of transformative leadership by their principals from their perspective due to gender variable that was in favor of males. Therefore, the study recommends holding training courses for secondary school teachers to apply in their schools.- There are statistically significant differences in the grades of study's sample of the degree to which secondary school teachers in public schools accept the use of transformative leadership by their principals from their perspective due to experience variable. Therefore, the study recommends that secondary school teachers in public schools should be informed of their experience from 1-10 years on this style of leadership.

Highlights

1.1 Introduce the ProblemAt present, the world is experiencing many and rapid changes that have spread to all country's sectors and institutions
Paragraphs (7) and (8) obtained high acceptance grades as (7) "Clear activity while performing his duties" was high by (2.40), while the rest of paragraphs were medium, except for paragraph (10) (Sharing teachers in decisions related to school) that obtained the lowest mean average by (1.59)
Are there statistically significant differences at level of (p=0.05) in sample's grades in relevant to the degree to which the secondary teachers at public schools accept the use of transformative leadership by their principals from their perspective due to gender, specialization and teaching experience variables

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Introduction

1.1 Introduce the ProblemAt present, the world is experiencing many and rapid changes that have spread to all country's sectors and institutions. It has become necessary to change in order to keep abreast of these developments These institutions include educational institutions such as secondary public schools belonged to the Ministry of Education. He is responsible for planning, organizing, evaluation, and follow-up He is held responsible for following up the development of education and teachers, as being resident educational supervisor, and active principal who invests material and human resources of the school, employs all the energies and creativity of teachers, and creates the human relations between them. He is the leader and they are teamwork (Duweik, 2005)

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