THE RELATIONSHIP OF INSTRUCTIONAL LEADERSHIP WITH PROFESSIONAL LEARNING PRACTISE IN HIGH PRESTIGE SCHOOL   IN SELANGOR

Rodzimah Mohd Rodzi1*, Mahaliza Mansor2
1Ms., Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia, ainss_78@yahoo.com
2Dr., Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia, mahaliza@fpe.upsi.edu.my
*Corresponding Author

Abstract

The objective of this study is to identify the role of the headmaster’s instructional leadership and its relationship with teacher’s professional learning practise in high prestige schools of Selangor. A quantitative research design is selected to answer the research questions and hypotheses. An instrument is used to measure the implementation of headmaster’s instructional leadership role and teacher’s professional learning practise in selected school. 244 teachers from six high prestige schools of Selangor were chosen as respondents using the systematic random sampling. The data were analysed by its mean, frequency and percentage statistics using descriptive method. Inferential statistics of t-test, ANOVA and Pearson Correlation are used to answer the research questions. The results obtained were used to identify the differences as well as the relationship between the headmaster’s instructional leadership and the teacher’s professional learning practice in school. Overall, the findings have shown that there is a positively significant relationship between the headmaster’s instructional leadership and the teacher’s professional learning practices. This study has also indicates that both headmaster’s instructional leadership and teacher’s professional learning are being practised at high level by the high prestige schools of Selangor. This study is expected to have an impact in teacher’s professionalism development as envisaged in the Malaysia Education Blueprint 2013-2025. This is because teachers engage in such a wide range of activities with the students. Therefore, a proactive teachers’ professional learning practice supported by the headmaster’s instructional leadership will led to positive impacts purposely to students’ learning quality in the classroom.


Keywords: Instructional Leadership, Teacher’s Professional Learning, Exploratory Factor Analysis.



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CITATION: Abstracts & Proceedings of ADVED 2016- 2nd International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, 10-12 October 2016- Istanbul, Turkey

ISBN: 978-605-64453-8-5