Examining How Social Justice Leadership Relates to Student Engagement in High Schools
Abstract
The present study elaborates on the relationship
between school principals’ social justice leadership behaviors and student
engagement in relation to high school students’ opinions. The study was
conducted on 968 high school students from two different school types:
Anatolian and vocational high schools. The data was collected by Social Justice Leadership Scale (SJLS) and
Student Engagement Scale. Data was
analyzed by utilizing Pearson correlation, and hierarchical multiple
regression. Main results indicated that student engagement and social justice
leadership has a moderate level of positive relationship; support dimension of
social justice leadership predicted 28 % of the variance in student engagement
itself; and all demographics, and dimensions of social justice was found to
predict 34 % of the variance in student engagement. Limitations are presented, and
future implications for research and practice in the field of educational
administration are discussed in relation to the results of the study.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Studies on Education
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
October 1, 2018
Submission Date
January 2, 2018
Acceptance Date
October 22, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 47 Number: 2