The relationship between teacher leadership capacity at school and teacher self-efficacy: the mediating role of teacher professional learning

ABSTRACT

This study sought to explore the relationship between teacher leadership and teacher self-efficacy with the mediating role of teacher professional learning. The study employed a cross-sectional quantitative design with data compiled among public elementary, middle, and high schools across different regions of Turkey. We employed structural equation model (SEM) to estimate the structural relationships between teacher leadership capacity at school, teacher professional learning, and teacher self-efficacy. The results revealed a positive and statistically significant relationship between all three variables. While the effect sizes for the relationship between teacher professional learning and teacher self-efficacy, and between teacher leadership and teacher self-efficacy were small, there was a large effect size for the relationship between teacher leadership and teacher professional learning.

KEYWORDS:

• Teacher leadership
• professional learning
• teacher self-efficacy
• school leadership

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Sedat Gümüş

Sedat Gümüş, is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership at The Education University of Hong Kong. His current research focuses on the relationship between school leadership and various teacher and student outcomes as well as the contextualization of leadership models and practices.

Ali Çağatay Kılınç

Ali Çağatay Kılınç¸ is a professor in the Department of Educational Sciences at Karabük University, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of Educational Sciences, Division of Educational Administration, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey in 2013. His research focuses on educational leadership, school improvement, teacher learning, and practices.

Mehmet Sukru Bellibaş

Mehmet Sukru Bellibaş is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Sciences at Adıyaman University, Turkey. His main research interest is international educational leadership and aims to provide an understanding of how various leadership types might influence teacher behaviors, professional learning, and practices, as well as student learning outcomes.