Title: Individual and school-level determinants of teacher change beliefs: a study in Malaysian high performing secondary school

Authors: Tai Mei Kin; Omar Abdull Kareem

Addresses: Institut Aminuddin Baki, National Institute of Educational Management and Leadership, Ministry of Education Malaysia, Sri Layang, 69000 Genting Highlands, Pahang Darul Makmur, Malaysia ' Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, 35900 Tanjong Malim, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Abstract: The objectives of the study were to examine the level and the determinant factors of Teacher Change Beliefs (TCB). A total of 936 teachers from 47 High Performing Secondary School (HPSS) completed the survey. The findings revealed that teachers of HPSS scored high in TCB. The highest scores were observed in Discrepancy, followed by Principal Support and Efficacy. At the individual teacher-level, except gender, TCB was not reliably related to age, academic qualification, year of service in present job and school. At the school-level, TCB was reliably related to the level of Principal Change Leadership Competencies and location of HPSS.

Keywords: teacher change beliefs; discrepancy; principal support; efficacy; principal change leadership competencies; high performing schools; secondary schools; school reform; resistance to change; secondary education; school improvement; Malaysia; individual determinants; school-level determinants; gender; age; academic qualifications; length of service.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2016.073329

International Journal of Management in Education, 2016 Vol.10 No.1, pp.1 - 23

Published online: 30 Nov 2015 *

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