Democratic School Culture and Democratic School Leadership / Demokratska školska kultura i demokratsko školsko vođenje

The paper presents the results of research exploring the relationship between democratic school leadership and democratic school culture in primary schools. The research is based on the present knowledge that points to the significant role of principals in the process of developing and changing school culture (Fullan, 2005). The aim of the research was to determine the extent of primary teachers’ perception regarding the level of development of selected characteristics of democratic school leadership and its connection to their estimate of the level of development of selected characteristics of democratic school culture. The research comprised 651 teachers from the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County. The research was conducted by means of a survey using a questionnaire containing two instruments: the Instrument for the measurement of characteristics of democratic school leadership (designed for the research) and the Instrument for the measurement of characteristics of democratic school culture (adopted from Spajic-Vrkas, 2016). According to the teachers’ perception, principals in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County implement characteristics of democratic school leadership to a significant degree. They perceive the level of characteristics of democratic school culture as moderate. In addition, the research has determined a statistically significant high positive correlation between characteristics of democratic school leadership and democratic school culture. Key words: democratic school culture; democratic school leadership; primary school; principal, teachers. - U radu je prikazano istraživanje u kojem je provjeren odnos između demokratskoga skolskog vođenja i demokratske skolske kulture u osnovnim skolama. Istraživanje se temelji na dosadasnjim spoznajama koje upucuju na znacajnu ulogu ravnatelja u razvoju i mijenjanju skolske kulture (Fullan, 2005). Svrha je istraživanja utvrditi je li i u kojoj mjeri procjena ucitelja osnovnih skola o stupnju razvij enosti odabranih obilježja demokratskoga skolskog vođenja povezana s njihovom procjenom stupnja razvijenosti odabranih obilježja demokratske skolske kulture. U istraživanju je sudjelovao 651 ucitelj iz grada Zagreba i Zagrebacke županije. Istraživanje je provedeno anketnim ispitivanjem u kojem je koristen upitnik koji je sadržavao Instrument za mjerenje obilježja demokratskoga skolskog vođenja (izrađen za potrebe istraživanja) i Instrument za mjerenje obilježja demokratske skolske kulture (preuzet od Spajic-Vrkas, 2016.). Prema percepciji ucitelja ravnatelji u Gradu Zagrebu i Zagrebackoj županiji u znacajnoj mjeri implementiraju obilježja demokratskoga skolskog vođenja te percipiraju da u skolama postoji osrednja razina prisutnosti obilježja demokratske skolske kulture. Nadalje, istraživanjem je utvrđena statisticki znacajna visoka pozitivna povezanost između obilježja demokratskoga skolskog vođenja i demokratske skolske kulture. Kljucne rijeci: demokratska skolska kultura; demokratsko skolsko vođenje; osnovna skola; ravnatelj; ucitelji.