The Effect of Learning Organization and Servant Leadership on Child-Centered Teaching Behavior with the Mediating Role of Knowledge Sharing in Education of Chanthaburi Diocese Schools

Abstract

Teachers play an extraordinary role in making the future of students. The objectives of this research were to confirm the causal model of child-centered teaching behavior in education of Chanthaburi diocese schools and study the effect of learning organization and servant leadership on child-centered teaching behavior with the mediating role of knowledge sharing in education of Chanthaburi diocese schools. This study employed a linear structural relationship model (Lisrel). The research sample consisted of 852 teachers from 13 Chanthaburi diocese schools obtained by Proportional stratified random sampling. The research instrument was collected by using the Six-point Summated Rating Scale questionnaires. The questionnaire items were on personal factors, learning organization scale, questionnaire items on servant leadership, questionnaire items on child-centered teaching behavior, and questionnaire items on knowledge sharing. Statistics employed for data analysis were the percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearsons Correlation Coefficient, multiple regression analysis and the linear structural relationship model (Lisrel). The research finding indicated the effect of learning organization and servant leadership on child-centered teaching behavior with the mediating role of knowledge sharing in education of Chanthaburi diocese schools. Therefore, this study recommends to further predict the servant leadership in other types of the Catholic Schools.