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https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v22i4.4022
Democratic School Culture and Democratic School Leadership
Monika Pažur
orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-0048
; Faculty of Teacher Education Department of Education University of Zagreb
Vlatka Domović
orcid.org/0000-0001-5794-6786
; Faculty of Teacher Education Department of Education University of Zagreb
Vesna Kovač
orcid.org/0000-0002-0575-0543
; University of Rijeka Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Sveučilišna avenija 4, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Sažetak
The paper presents the results of research exploring the relationship between
democratic school leadership and democratic school culture in primary schools.
The research is based on the present knowledge that points to the significant role of
principals in the process of developing and changing school culture (Fullan, 2005).
The aim of the research was to determine the extent of primary teachers’ perception
regarding the level of development of selected characteristics of democratic school
leadership and its connection to their estimate of the level of development of selected
characteristics of democratic school culture. The research comprised 651 teachers
from the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County. The research was conducted by means
of a survey using a questionnaire containing two instruments: the Instrument
for the measurement of characteristics of democratic school leadership (designed
for the research) and the Instrument for the measurement of characteristics of
democratic school culture (adopted from Spajić-Vrkaš, 2016). According to the
teachers’ perception, principals in the City of Zagreb and Zagreb County implement
characteristics of democratic school leadership to a significant degree. They perceive
the level of characteristics of democratic school culture as moderate. In addition, the
research has determined a statistically significant high positive correlation between
characteristics of democratic school leadership and democratic school culture.
Ključne riječi
democratic school culture; democratic school leadership; primary school; principal, teachers
Hrčak ID:
250629
URI
Datum izdavanja:
20.12.2020.
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