Caring leadership practices towards pre-service teachers: review in gender and education.

Azmi, Ahmad Najmuddin and Chua, Yan Piaw and Loo, Fung Ying (2023) Caring leadership practices towards pre-service teachers: review in gender and education. Jurnal Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 36 (2). pp. 1-12.

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Abstract

Despite the fact that caring has been highlighted in education since primary school, in the higher education setting, caring leadership experience among pre-service teachers has yet to be discovered. This paper discusses how caring leadership is practised among lecturers in the institute of teacher education. 331 pre-service teachers from three different institutes of teacher education in urban areas with distinct characteristics were chosen to participate in this research. A quantitative method was employed, and the sample was chosen using stratified random sampling. Classroom management, academic support, interpersonal relationships, respect, and trust are all indicators in determining caring leadership. Using an independent sample t-test, the study found that the level of caring leadership practised by lecturers is at a moderate level. When it comes to comparing the level of caring leadership based on gender, a small difference occurs between male and female pre-service teachers. This article also focused on a difference in perception of caring leadership based on education programmes, and the result shows a negative reading between newly admitted and established pre-sevice teachers in these training centres. Perhaps this study contributes to the emerging literature on viewing caring leadership practises in developing educators in a broad educational environment.

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