Distributed Leadership and Innovative Teaching Practice

Abstract

Abstract:

As a high-level teaching competency, instructional innovation plays a vital role in stimulating students’ learning capacity and improving teaching effectiveness. How school leadership can foster innovative teaching practices has become a pressing concern in the field of educational administration. Drawing on data from the OECD 2018 Teaching and Learning International Survey in Shanghai,China,this study investigates the impact of distributed leadership on innovative teaching practices. The results reveal that distributed leadership significantly and positively predicts teachers’ engagement in innovative instructional practices. Moreover,distributed leadership promotes innovation indirectly by enhancing teaching self-efficacy and improving school climate. However,teachers’ workload exerts a negative moderating effect:the heavier the workload,the weaker the influence of distributed leadership on innovation. Based on these findings,this study recommends that school principals share leadership responsibilities,foster a supportive school climate,and empower teachers. At the same time,principals should reduce teachers'administrative burden to allow more time and energy to be devoted to instructional innovation.

Key words: innovative teaching practices, distributed leadership, school climate, workload, teaching self-efficacy

CLC Number:

G642

Jin Tianyu, Chen Yan, Liu Huiqin. Distributed Leadership and Innovative Teaching Practice[J]. Education Science, 2025, 41(3): 38-44.

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变量	1	2	3	4	5
1.分布式领导	1.000
2.创新性教学实践	0.450^***	1.000
3.教学效能感	0.297^***	0.266^***	1.000
4.学校氛围	0.579^***	0.484^***	0.382^***	1.000
5.工作负担	-0.204^***	-0.127^***	-0.024^***	-0.110^***	1.000

效应检验结果(Bootstrap5 000次)	效应值	标准误	Z值	P值	95%置信区间
直接效应	0.252	0.028	8.870	0.000	0.196	0.307
分布式领导—教学效能感—创新性教学实践	0.007	0.003	2.610	0.009	0.002	0.012
分布式领导—学校氛围—创新性教学实践	0.208	0.018	11.830	0.000	0.174	0.243
分布式领导—学校氛围—教学效能感—创新性教学实践	0.013	0.004	3.350	0.001	0.005	0.021
总间接效应	0.228	0.018	13.010	0.000	0.194	0.263
总效应	0.480	0.022	21.760	0.000	0.437	0.523

调节效应检验	效应值	标准误	Z值	P值	95%置信区间
分布式领导—创新性教学实践	0.462	0.014	33.980	0.000	0.435	0.489
工作负担—教学创新	-0.038	0.015	-2.550	0.011	-0.068	-0.009
分布式领导*工作负担—创新性教学实践	-0.076	0.015	-5.120	0.000	-0.105	-0.047

地区	中国	韩国	越南	美国	英国
中介效应检验结果(Bootstrap1 000次)
直接效应	0.252^***	0.354^***	0.107^***	0.244^***	0.325^***
分布式领导—自我效能—教师创新	0.007^***	0.004	0.051^***	-0.002	0.001
分布式领导—教学氛围—教师创新	0.208^***	0.075^***	0.262^***	0.183^***	0.102^***
分布式领导—教学氛围—自我效能—教师创新	0.013^***	0.017^***	0.028^***	-0.001	0.001
总间接效应	0.228^***	0.096^***	0.341^***	0.180^***	0.104^***
总效应	0.480^***	0.450^***	0.449^***	0.424^***	0.430^***
调节效应检验
分布式领导—教师创新	0.462^***	0.488^***	0.231^***	0.379^***	0.400^***
工作压力—教师创新	-0.038^**	0.016	-0.073^***	-0.053^**	-0.002
分布式领导*工作压力—教师创新	-0.076^***	-0.045^**	0.0132	-0.031	-0.028