The Degree to Which Government School Principals Practice Transformational Leadership and Its Relationship to Teachers' Achievement Motivation from the Teachers' Point of View

Abstract

This study aimed to identify the degree of the practice of transformational leadership among government school principals in the Directorate of Deir Alla District and its relationship to the achievement motivation of teachers from the teachers' point of view, and to indicate if there is a correlation between the degree of practicing transformational leadership and the level of achievement motivation for teachers, as this study was applied in the academic year 2020/2021, where the researcher used the descriptive survey method for its relevance to this study. The study population consisted of male and female teachers in public schools in Deir Alla district, where the study sample consisted of (24) male and female teachers, where the sample members were males (98) and the number of females reached (142), where the researcher prepared a scale prepared by him, which was used The Transformational Leadership Questionnaire and the Teacher Achievement Motivation Questionnaire, and they were conducted with appropriate indications of honesty and stability .The study concluded the following results: The degree of transformational leadership practice among school principals in Deir Alla district was moderate .The results of the study also showed that the achievement motivation of teachers in government schools was to a large degree.The results of the study revealed a statistically significant relationship between school principals' practice of transformational leadership and the level of achievement motivation. In light of the results, appropriate recommendations were made.

Keywords: transformational leadership, achievement motivation, government school principals.

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/13-16-14

Publication date:June 30^th 2022