Research on the Relationships Between Distributed Leadership, Teacher Academic Optimism and Student Achievement in Taiwanese Elementary Schools

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Abstract

The study targeted public elementary schools in Taiwan and adopted stratified random sampling to investigate 1,500 teachers. Teachers’ perceptions were collected by a self-report scale. In addition to using descriptive statistics and an analysis of variance to examine teachers’ perceptions, this study adopted structural equation modelling (SEM) to further analyse the relationships between distributed leadership, academic optimism and student achievement. The results showed that the model’s goodness-of-fit was satisfactory. Distributed leadership not only had a positive influence on academic optimism but also indirectly affected student achievement. Furthermore, academic optimism also positively affected student achievement. In accordance with the study’s results, specific suggestions are outlined to provide a reference for application in schools.

Authors

• I-Hua Chang, National Chengchi University

• Cheng-Mei Hsu, China University of Technology

• I-Tsai Chang, Wulong Elementary School in Hsinchu County