Leveraging transformational and instructional leadership for teacher professional development: A dual-mediation model of teacher self-efficacy and organisational culture
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This study investigates how transformational leadership (TL) and instructional leadership (IL) jointly influence teacher professional development (TPD) through teacher self-efficacy (TSE) and organisational culture (OC). Participants included 220 educators (teachers, principals, and managers) from colleges and universities in China. Employing a cross-sectional survey and partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM), results revealed instructional leadership directly enhanced teacher development, whereas transformational leadership primarily had an indirect impact through increased teacher self-efficacy and improved organisational culture. The findings suggest integrated leadership practices should be emphasized in leadership training programs and policy frameworks to support sustained professional growth in higher education institutions.
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Teaching and Teacher Education is an international journal concerned primarily with teachers, teaching, and/or teacher education situated in an international perspective and context. The journal focuses on early childhood through high school (secondary education), teacher preparation, along with higher education concerning teacher professional development and/or teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education is a multidisciplinary journal committed to no single approach, discipline, methodology, or paradigm. The journal welcomes varied approaches (qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods) to empirical research; also publishing high quality systematic reviews and meta-analyses. Manuscripts should enhance, build upon, and/or extend the boundaries of theory, research, and/or practice in teaching and teacher education. Teaching and Teacher Education does not publish unsolicited Book Reviews.