The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership perceived by team teaching child care teachers on teacher efficacy. The subjects of the study are 292 childcare teachers who are ...
The purpose of this study was to verify the effect of cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership perceived by team teaching child care teachers on teacher efficacy. The subjects of the study are 292 childcare teachers who are team teaching at childcare centers centers located in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon.
To measure teacher efficacy, this study utilized a scale that Shin Hae-Young(2004) modified Enochs and Riggs(1990)’ Science Teaching Efficacy Belief Instrument(STEBI) scale. The evaluation scale of Villa et al.(2004) devised by Lee Geum-sun(2017) was used to measure cooperation between team teaching teachers. To measure principal leadership, this study utilized the 4Roles of leadership profile developed by the Covey Leadership Center(CLC) in the United States, the scale developed by Spreitizer(1995), and the MLQ-6S developed by Bass& Avolio(1992). which was referring to the 4RL evaluation scale produced by Lee et al(2004) was used to suit the situation of early childhood education in Korea.
Descriptive statistics were conducted on the collected data to find out the general trends of measurement variables. The correlations among the measurement variables were calculated, using Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient, and multiple regression analysis was conducted to find out the effect of cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership perceived by team teaching child care teachers on teacher efficacy.
The results of this study are summarized as follows:
First, as a result of examining the general trend of measurement variables, the average question of cooperation between team teaching teachers, principal leadership, and teacher efficacy was higher than usual. In other words, it was found that team teaching child care teachers, which is the subject of this study, generally recognized the cooperation between team teaching teachers, principal leadership, and teacher efficacy.
Second, cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership perceived by team teaching child care teachers had a positive effect on teacher efficacy. In other words, it was found that the more positively cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership, the higher the teacher efficacy.
In conclusion, cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership affect teacher efficacy. This is meaningful in that it revealed the possibility of increasing teacher efficacy by improving cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership. Therefore, this study suggests the need to improve policies, and develop and implement educational programs to strengthen cooperation between team teaching teachers and principal leadership.