A Study on the Influence of Teacher's Transformational Leadership and Students' Followership toward Student Engagement Perceived by Elementary School Students

Objectives The purpose of this study is to figure out how much teacher’s transformational leadership and students’ followership effect elementary school students’ engagement. Methods The subjects of this study were 250 elementary school students. These subjects completed a 5-point scale offline questionnaire. Except for 12 responses that were invalid, 238 responses were used for the actual analysis. The responses were analyzed using the SPSS statistic program. Results The results of this study are as follows: First, student’s perception of teacher’s transformational leadership showed positive influence on the student engagement. Visioning and empowerment, which are variables of teacher’s transformational leadership, showed positive influence on the student engagement. Second, students’ followership showed positive influence on the student engagement. Independent, critical thinking and active behaviour, which are variables of students’ followership, showed positive influence on the student engagement. Conclusions The conclusions of this study are as follows: First, as elementary school teacher’s transformational leadership is an important factor to increase student engagement, a teacher should strive to strengthen their transformational leadership skills. Second, as students’ followership is another important factor to increase student engagement, a teacher should help students foster followership through activities that promote independent, critical thinking and provide an atmosphere of an active participation.