Factor analysis of the efficiency model of educational leadership patterns among school principals (Case study: elementary principals of Masjid Sulaiman city)
Subject Areas :Parvaneh Nazapour Samsami 1 , Farank Omidian 2 , Karim Savari 3
1 - PhD student, Department of Educational Management, Ahvaz branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Educational Management Department, Dezful Branch, Islamic Azad University, Dezful, Iran
3 - Associate Professor, Department of Educational Psychology, Payam Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: educational leadership models, efficiency, primary school principals,
Abstract :
The purpose of the current research was to analyze the factorial model of the effectiveness of educational leadership patterns among school principals (case study: elementary school principals of Masjid Suleiman). The present research method was descriptive-quantitative and practical in terms of purpose. The statistical population of this research was all the professors, experts, experts, managers and educational leaders of the Department of Education of Masjid Suleiman city, numbering 201 people. To determine the sample size, Morgan's table was used and 130 people were selected as the statistical sample size. The random sampling method was simple. The research tool was a researcher-made questionnaire based on qualitative findings. To analyze the data, a one-group t-test was used to compare the respondents' answers to each of the research questions using SPSS software. In the next part, confirmatory factor analysis method was used to validate the model using structural equation approach in Smart PLS software. The findings showed that the efficiency model of educational leadership models of schools was tested using PLS software and its validity was confirmed. The results of the first-order factor analysis of the dimensions of the efficiency model of educational leadership models showed that all the items (components) have a suitable factor load on the related variable and these factor loads are significant according to the t score at the 0.01 level. In other words, the t value corresponding to each factor load is greater than its critical value, i.e. 2.58 at the 0.01 level. As a result, it can be said that these gauges have the necessary accuracy to measure their respective structures.