The Roles of Transformational Leadership and Growth Mindset in Teacher Professional Development: The Mediation of Teacher Self-Efficacy

Wei Lin, Hongbiao Yin and Zhijun Liu
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Wei Lin: School of Teacher Education, Guangdong University of Education, Guangzhou 510303, China
Hongbiao Yin: Faculty of Education, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Zhijun Liu: Faculty of Education, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 11, 1-13

Abstract: This study investigated the effects of school-related factors (i.e., transformational leadership) and teacher-related factors (i.e., teachers’ growth mindset and self-efficacy) in teachers’ sustainable professional development, as indicated by their reported desirable professional attitudes and their adoption of teaching strategies using the method of structural equation modelling. Based on a questionnaire survey of 1297 teachers in China, the results of this study showed that, compared with teachers’ growth mindset, transformational leadership had a stronger effect on teacher self-efficacy; transformational leadership, rather than teachers’ growth mindset, was significantly and directly related to teachers’ professional attitudes towards classroom teaching and their adoption of desirable teaching strategies. Moreover, teacher self-efficacy significantly mediated the effects of transformational leadership and growth mindset on teachers’ professional attitudes and the adoption of desirable teaching strategies. These findings highlight the importance of teachers’ affective attributes (e.g., growth mindset, self-efficacy, and professional attitudes) in teacher professional development, and provide implications for school leaders and teachers to sustain effective teacher professional development.

Keywords: teacher self-efficacy; professional attitudes; growth mindset; transformational leadership; teaching strategies; sustainable teacher development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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