Title: The relationship between learning-centred leadership and professional learning community: evidence from Malaysia

Authors: Mei Kin Tai; Abdull Kareem Omar

Addresses: School of Education, Taylor's University Malaysia, Subang Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia ' Faculty of Management and Economics, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjong Malim, Perak Darul Ridzuan, Malaysia

Abstract: The objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between Learning-Centred Leadership (LCL) and Professional Learning Community (PLC) in Malaysian secondary schools. By employing disproportionate stratified sampling, a total of 811 schoolteachers completed the survey. The results revealed that: i) the relationship between LCL and PLC is significant and positive; ii) the correlation between LCL and PLC is strong whereby LCL contributed 54.8% the total variation of PLC; iii) Builds a Learning Vision, Provides Learning Support, Manages the Learning Programme and Modelling are predictors of LCL and iv) Manages the Learning Programme contributed the most to PLC, followed by Modelling, Builds a Learning Vision and Provides Learning Support. The study uncovers the fact that LCL is a good predictor of PLC. It offers local and international practitioners another dimension about educational leadership that LCL is an effective leadership style that can gauge improvement in enhancing teacher and student learning.

Keywords: learning-centred leadership; professional learning community; builds a learning vision; provides learning support; manages the learning program; modelling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMIE.2024.141750

International Journal of Management in Education, 2024 Vol.18 No.6, pp.542 - 562

Received: 08 Apr 2023
Accepted: 25 Jul 2023
Published online: 01 Oct 2024 *

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