Towards Sustaining Levels of Reflective Learning: How Do Transformational Leadership, Task Interdependence, and Self-Efficacy Shape Teacher Learning in Schools?
Whereas cross-sectional research has shown that transformational leadership, task interdependence, and self-efficacy are positively related to teachers’ engagement in reflective learning activities, the causal direction of these relations needs further inquiry. At the same time, individual teacher learning might play a mutual role in strengthening school-level capacity for sustained improvement. Building on previous research, this longitudinal study therefore examines how transformational leadership, task interdependence, self-efficacy, and teachers’ engagement in self-reflection mutually affect each other over time. Questionnaire data gathered on three measurement occasions from 655 Dutch Vocational Education and Training teachers was analyzed using a multivariate Latent Difference Score model. Results indicate that self-reflection and task interdependence reciprocally influence each other’s change. A considerate and stimulating transformational leader was found to contribute to this process. Change in self-efficacy <i>was influenced by </i>self-reflection, indicating that learning leads to competency beliefs. Together, the findings point to the important role transformational leadership practices play in facilitating teamwork, and sustaining teachers’ levels of learning in schools.
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2015
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Authors: | Beverborg, Arnoud Oude Groote ; Sleegers, Peter J. C. ; Endedijk, Maaike D. ; Veen, Klaas van |
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Societies. - MDPI, Open Access Journal, ISSN 2075-4698. - Vol. 5.2015, 1, p. 187-219
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MDPI, Open Access Journal |
Subject: | transformational leadership | task interdependence | self-efficacy | self-reflection | latent difference score model | vocational education and training |
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Extent: | application/pdf text/html |
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Type of publication: | Article |
Classification: | A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values ; A14 - Sociology of Economics ; P - Economic Systems ; P0 - Economic Systems. General ; P1 - Capitalist Systems ; P2 - Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies ; P3 - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions ; P4 - Other Economic Systems ; P5 - Comparative Economic Systems ; Z1 - Cultural Economics |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206949
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