並列篇名 |
A study of the relationships among high school principle transformational leadership, school academic optimism, teacher’s academic optimism, and students’ academic achievement |
英文摘要 |
Academic optimism is a latent construct relative to students' achievement, which can be defined and measured by personal and school properties; however, no such research has been conducted in Taiwan. The main purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among high school principle leadership style, school academic optimism, teacher’s academic optimism, and students’ academic achievements. The subjects were 196 teachers from 18 high schools in Taiwan, selected by random sampling. Questionnaire survey was conducted using Principle Leadership Style Scale, School Academic Optimism Scale, and Teacher’s Academic Optimism Scale. Statistical methods for data analysis were null model analysis of two-level HLM, Pearson correlation analysis, and path analysis. The results of this study showed that: (a) school academic optimism is a very important school property variable; (b) there is a significantly positive correlation between variables and subscales of principle leadership style, school academic optimism, teacher’s academic optimism; (c) there is a complete mediation effect of school academic ptimism between teacher’s academic optimism on principle leadership style. Based on the results of this study, suggestions were proposed. |