The Relation between Life Long Learning Tendency and Leadership Level of Education Managers

Authors : Ertuğrul Çam, Fatih Saltan, Recep Çakir

Pages : 80-88

Doi:10.17275/per.16.spi.2.9

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Publication Date : 2016-02-01

Article Type : Research

Abstract :People strongly desire that their children attend to high quality schools. Teachers and administrators are the ones who create those high quality schools. Administrators who improve themselves, follow the latest developments, and wish to learn more affect teachers’ performance; and by this way, the quality of the education will perceptibly increase . Effective administrators are very important factors at educational institutions to reach the goals. School administrators are at the forefront as leaders, so the characteristics of the administrators have great importance for good education . At educational institutions, teachers are the ones who are generally tried to be trained. However, the training of the administrators in terms of leadership in education is also essential. The need for learning is the first step of the administrators for their own development and the development of their schools .The purpose of this study is to investigate life long learning tendency, leadership level and whether there is a relation between them for education managers (N=135). This study is done by the help of 135 education managers in Bulanık town of Muş. Data is collected with ‘ Life Long Learning Tendency Test’ by DikerCoşkun (2009) and ‘Leadership Questionnaire’ by NevinBayrak (2001). Data analysis is made with statistical data analysis packet program. According to the results of the analysis, there is no meaningful relation between life long learning tendency and leadership level
Keywords : Life long learning tendency, leadership level, education manager