Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices and 21st Century Teaching and Facilitating Methods among Secondary School Teachers in Northern Region

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to identify the relationship between the Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices and 21st Century Teaching and Facilitating Methods among teachers. This study used a quantitative method, and the data was obtained from the questionnaire. A total of 243 secondary school teachers from Kedah, Perlis and Penang participated in this study. In the pilot study, some aspects of item adjustment were carried out resulting in high Cronbach Alpha values (0.89). The collected data were analysed using Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Correlation and Regression Analysis. The findings showed that the level of Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices was high. The finding also showed that there was a significant relationship between the Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices and Teachers’ 21st Century Teaching and Facilitating Methods in the school. The regression analysis showed that Principals’ Instructional Leadership Practices variable had a stronger effect on Teachers' 21st Century Teaching and Facilitating Methods. Based on the outcome, the principals were aware of the importance of instructional leadership practices implementation for the sake of their schools’ achievement, and therefore, illustrate genuine effort on consistently demonstrating these behaviours as part of their daily life.