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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2020, Vol. 15(4) 350-366

Transformational teaching in higher education: The relationship between the transformational teaching of academic staff and students' self-efficacy for learning

Berna Yüner

pp. 350 - 366   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.323.19

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Abstract

This study examined the the relationship between the transformational leadership behaviors of the faculty members and the students' self-efficacy beliefs in learning based on the opinions of higher education students. The research was carried out with 915 students studying at Yozgat Bozok University and analyzed by quantitative methods. The Transformational Teaching Scale (TTS) developed by Tahir (2018) has been adapted to Turkish in order to determine the transformational teaching levels of the instructors. Self-efficacy for Learning Scale (SELS) developed by Klobas, Renzi and Nigrelli (2007) has been adapted to Turkish in order to determine the higher education students' self-efficacy in learning. In the analysis of the data, descriptive statistics and the structural equation model were used. As a result of the research, sub-dimensions of transformational teaching, considerate intellectual stimulation and charisma, were found to have positive relationships with dimensions of self-efficacy for learning, finding and info processing. It has been determined that the transformational teaching is a significant predictor of learning self-efficacy of students.

Keywords: Transformational leadership, transformative teaching, self-efficacy for learning

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Yuner, B. (2020). Transformational teaching in higher education: The relationship between the transformational teaching of academic staff and students’ self-efficacy for learning. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 15(4), 350-366. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.323.19

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Yuner, B. (2020). Transformational teaching in higher education: The relationship between the transformational teaching of academic staff and students’ self-efficacy for learning. Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 15(4), pp. 350-366.

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Yuner, Berna (2020). "Transformational teaching in higher education: The relationship between the transformational teaching of academic staff and students’ self-efficacy for learning". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 15 (4):350-366. https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2020.323.19

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