华东师范大学学报(教育科学版) ›› 2016, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (1): 84-89.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2016.01.012

• 区域教育改革 • 上一篇    下一篇

校长领导方式与学生现代性发展:以西部学校为对象

王树涛,田立新   

  1. 陕西师范大学教育学院,西安,710062;北京师范大学教育学部,北京,100875
  • 出版日期:2016-03-15 发布日期:2016-03-31
  • 通讯作者: 王树涛,田立新
  • 作者简介:王树涛,田立新
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金面上项目“西部地区义务教育阶段处境不利儿童教育状况与改进研究——基于公平有质量的教育视角”(编号:71173021);国家自然科学基金面上项目“中国基础教育内在质量提升与学校管理改进研究”(编号:71373028)。

Principal Leadership and Students’ Modernity Development: A Case Study of Schools in Western China

WANG Shu-Tao,TIAN Li-Xin   

  1. 1. Center of Elementory Education, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China; 2. Faculty of Education, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
  • Online:2016-03-15 Published:2016-03-31
  • Contact: WANG Shu-Tao,TIAN Li-Xin
  • About author:WANG Shu-Tao,TIAN Li-Xin

摘要: 为探索校长不同领导方式对学生现代性发展的影响,提升西部学校的育人效能,该研究采用问卷法对西部学校进行了调查,并采用沃尔德曼等人的分层回归分析方法对校长变革型领导、交易型领导之于学生现代性的影响进行了比较。结果发现校长变革型领导及其四个分维度——理想化影响、鼓舞干劲、智力激发及个性化关怀——对学生现代性都具有显著的预测作用。虽然交易型领导及其两个分维度——权变激励、例外管理——对学生现代性也具有预测作用,但变革型领导总体上更具优势。这要求西部中小学校长转变领导方式,提升变革型领导的意识与素养,更好促进学生的现代化。

Abstract:        China is at the crucial period of modernization and more talents with high level of modernity are needed. In China’s modernization process, western China is believed to the most difficult place as well as the niche point. Among all the factors affecting people’s modernity development, school education is the most important. Students in compulsory schools are at the critical development period of their thoughts, ideas, attitudes and behaviors. Two thirds of their mental awakening time is spent in schools, and they are affected imperceptibly by their significant others in schools, including the principals and the teacher. A principal is the spiritual leader of a school, and his or her thought and ideological orientation reflected by their leadership styles affect the development of students’ modernity.       However, in the past studies, there were no conclusions regarding which leadership styles had more impact on students’ modernity development. Using the cluster random sampling, this study investigated 378 teachers in 50 compulsory education schools from the provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Xinjiang, Guangxi and the city of Chongqing. All the variables were measured by teachers, including transformational leadership, transactional leadership, and students’ modernity, as teachers are the intermediate actors between principals and students. Teachers are the best appraisers of principal leadership, as principal’s cognitive behavior is directly shown in their leading process, which can be felt firsthand by teachers. Also teachers are closer to their students and familiar with their level of modernity. The data was collected and analyzed by the software of SPSS20.0 and AMOS20.0.       The findings showed that both transformational leadership and its dimensions (r were between 0.373 and 0.579), transactional leadership and its dimensions (r were between 0.239 and 0.478) had significant relationships with students’ modernity, but transformational leadership had closer ones. All the four dimensions of transformational leaderships, such as idealized influence (β=0.164, p<0.05), inspirational motivation (β=0.253, p<0.01), intellectual stimulation (β=0.159, p<0.05), and individualized consideration (β=0.164, p<0.05), had significant effects on students’ modernity, all of which can explain 42.0% of the change in students’ modernity. The two dimensions of transactional leadership, contingency motivation (β=0.388, p<0.001) and exception management (β=0.185, p<0.01) also had significant effects on students’ modernity, both of which can explain 26.6% of the change in students’ modernity. When the impact of transactional leadership was controlled, transformational leadership had significant and exceptional impact on students’ modernity and all its dimensions. However, when the impact of transformational leadership was controlled, transactional leadership had no or less significant impact on students’ modernity or its dimensions. These results showed that transformational leadership had more advantage than transactional leadership on affecting students’ modernity.       Based on the findings, it’s suggested that principals should change their leadership styles, and strengthen their consciousness and transformational leadership in support of the development of students’ modernity.

Key words: principal in compulsory schools丨transformational leadership丨transactional leadership丨students&rsquo, modernity丨impact