Creative Leadership for Primary School Principals to Promote Teachers’ Creativity in Guangxi, China
Keywords:
creative leadership, primary school principals, teachers’ creativity, Guangxi – ChinaAbstract
The objectives of this research were to study the conceptual framework and the current and desirable state of creative leadership by primary school principals to promote teachers’ creativity. This study employed mixed-method research and involved 636 school principals and teachers from 106 schools as samples. The instruments used in this study were a questionnaire and a conceptual framework evaluation form of suitability and feasibility. The data was analysed by using frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation. The results showed that 1) the conceptual framework of creative leadership by primary school principals to promote teachers’ creativity consists of roles of creative leadership involved three areas including 1.1) to facilitate the creative abilities of every teacher at school, 1.2) to form and facilitate dynamic creative teacher teams, and 1.3) to promote a school culture of innovation. Further, the results showed 2) the current state of the creative leadership by primary school principals to promote teachers’ creativity in Guangxi, China was at a middle level overall (M = 3.37). The desirable state was at the highest level overall (M = 4.81). When considering each aspect, a principal’s ability to facilitate the creative abilities of every teacher at school to promote the teachers’ creativity was at the highest average (M = 4.82).
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Zhang, Q. (2007). A preliminary study on teacher cooperation. Success (Education), (3), 94-94.
Zhang, W. (2012). On school culture and students' creativity development. The Chinese Society of Education, (2), 7-11. (张武升. (2012). 试论学校文化与学生创造力开发. 中国教育学刊, (2), 7-11.)
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Zhang , Q. ., Siribanpitak , P. ., & Charoenkul , N. . (2020). Creative Leadership for Primary School Principals to Promote Teachers’ Creativity in Guangxi, China . Journal of Education Studies, Chulalongkorn University, 48(4), 91–112. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/EDUCU/article/view/246417
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