Kepimpinan Transformasional : Hubungan serta Peramal kepada Amalan Komuniti Pembelajaran Profesional (Transformational Leadership: Relationships and Predictors in the Practice of Professional Learning Communities)

Mohd Izham Mohd Hamzah, Nor Azlin Ibrahim, Jamalul Lail Abdul Wahab

Abstract


Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengenal pasti tahap kepimpinan transformasional pengetua dan tahap amalan komuniti pembelajaran profesional (KPP) guru di sekolah menengah berprestasi tinggi di negeri Selangor.Selain itu kajian ini juga melihat hubungan antara kepimpinan transformasional pengetua dengan amalan komuniti pembelajaran profesional guru.Sampel adalah terdiri daripada guru-guru yang mengajar di Sekolah Menengah Berprestasi Tinggi (SBT) di Selangor iaitu seramai 150 orang.Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah tinjauan dan soal selidik digunakan sebagai instrumen. Ujian min digunakan untuk statistik deskriptif dan analisis korelasi dan kaedah ‘bootsraping’ bagi statistik inferensi. Dapatan kajian mendapati tahap amalan kepimpinan transformasional pengetua adalah tinggi sementara amalan komuniti pembelajaran profesional (KPP) adalah sangat tinggi.Seterusnya kajian menunjukkan hubungan kepimpinan transformasional dengan amalan komuniti pembelajaran profesional adalah sangat tinggi (r= .769**, p<0.01) dan dimensi merangsang intelek merupakan peramal yang dominan terhadap KPP. Dengan ini menunjukkan bahawa gaya kepimpinan yang berkesan iaitu kepimpinan transformasional dapat memberi impak kepada amalan komuniti pembelajaran profesional dan ini perlu di terapkan di semua sekolah bagi menghasilkan guru yang berkualiti dan menjadikan sekolah yang cemerlang dan terbilang.

Kata kunci: Kepimpinan transformasional; komuniti pembelajaran profesional (kpp);pengaruh yang ideal; merangsang intelek;inspirasi motivasi


Abstract


This study aimed to identify the transformational leadership level of principals and the level of practice of professional learning community (KPP) teachers in high performance secondary schools in Selangor. In addition, this study also examined the relationship between transformational leadership of principals and teachers’ professional learning practices. A total of 150 teachers were selected from 9 high performing high schools (SBTs) in Selangor. The survey method was carried out using the questionnaire instrument. The statistical method used is the mean test and Pearson correlation. The findings showed that the level of leadership transformational leadership practices is high and the practice of Professional Learning Community (PLC) is also high. The findings also found that there was a transformational leadership relationship with Professional Learning Community practice was very high (r = .769 **, p <0.01). This shows that principals should adopt transformational leadership to encourage teachers to practice the professional learning community (PLC) in schools.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, professional learning community, ideallizes influence; inspiration motivation; intellectual stimulation


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