Best practices of promoting a positive school learning climate among principals of cluster secondary schools towards realization of education blueprint 2013-2025 Malaysia
The purpose of the study was to investigate the best practices of promoting a positive school learning climate among principals of Cluster Secondary Schools Malaysia according to principals’ and teachers’ perceptions. The Principal Instructional Management Rating Scale (PIM...
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Society for Science and Education (SSE)
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/66372/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66372/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66372/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/66372/1/Jurnal%20-%20ASSRJ%20-%20Positive%20School%20Learning%20Climate%20Cluster%20Secondary%20School.pdf |
| Summary: | The purpose of the study was to investigate the best practices of promoting a positive
school learning climate among principals of Cluster Secondary Schools Malaysia
according to principals’ and teachers’ perceptions. The Principal Instructional
Management Rating Scale (PIMRS) modified by Hallinger and Murphy (1987), Latip
(2006), Hatta (2010), Surayya (2016) was used as the data collection instrument
through survey questionnaire. There were 871 respondents of different genders,
ethnics, type of schools, and, position of responsibilities at schools were participated.
The result of the study shows that the highest score was on dimension ‘Developing and
Enforcing Academic Standards’ with mean 4.290 and standard deviation 0.814. It was
followed respectively by ‘Providing Incentives for Learning’ mean 4.060 and standard
deviation 0.904; ‘Protecting Instructional Time’ mean 3.855 and standard deviation
0.963 and ‘Providing Incentives for Teachers’ mean 3.607 and standard deviation
1.095. Meanwhile, the two best statements practiced by the principals were ‘Use
assemblies to honor students for their academic work and/or behavior in classroom’
mean 4.39 and ‘Encourage teachers to start class on time and teach to the end of the
period’ mean 4.38. It is hoped that this study will provide useful findings which will
effectively assist the process of promoting a positive school learning climate among
principals and teachers of secondary schools. Consequently, facilitate and improve
students' academic performance in achieving the first class human capital who
compatibly excellent nationally and internationally as stipulated in the purpose of
establishing the Cluster Secondary schools by the Ministry of Education towards
realization of Vision 2020 and the Education Blueprint 2013-2025 Malaysia.
Keywords: Principals’ best practices - positive school learning climate – high
performing secondary schools |
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