Towards the Analysis of Moral Intelligence and Quality of Teacher Learning through structural equation modelling (SEM) approach
Subject Areas :seyed Nuredin Mahmoudi 1 , Donya Gandomkar 2
1 - Assistant Professor, Institute of Ethics and Education, Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran
2 - PhD in Curriculum Planning and university teacher & Education employee
Keywords: Professional Development, Moral intelligence, Individual Creativity, Quality of teacher learning, institutionalization of team creativity employees,
Abstract :
The purpose of this research was to Analysis of Moral Intelligence and Quality of Teacher Learning On professional development by mediating Individual creativity and Institutionalizing team creativity. The method of the current research was descriptive-correlation with emphasis on structural equation modelling. The statistical population of the research consists of all the employees of the Social Security Organization of Tehran (650). Based on Cochran's formula, 240 people were selected as the statistical sample of the research using simple random sampling. Data collection was based on three questionnaires of the quality of teachers' learning, the questionnaire of moral intelligence, individual creativity and the institutionalization of team creativity by Mai et al. (2019) and the professional development questionnaire of the Nova Standard Questionnaire (2008), which Cronbach's alpha coefficient for Teachers' learning quality (0.81), moral intelligence (0.89), individual creativity (0.92), institutionalization of team creativity (0.92) and professional development (0.88) were obtained and face validity and Their content was confirmed using experts' opinions. Data analysis was done with SPSS 24 and SPLS 2 software. The results of the research showed that moral intelligence has a positive and significant effect on individual creativity and the institutionalization of team creativity. Also, the findings of the research showed that the effect of teachers' learning quality on individual creativity and the institutionalization of team creativity is positive and significant, and the direct effect of individual creativity and the institutionalization of team creativity on the professional development of employees is positive and significant at the level (P<0.01).
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