Instructional Leadership of College Teachers: Influencing Factors and Improvement Paths
Abstract
Higher education serves as a critical indicator of a nation’s and society’s international competitiveness. As the first resource for the development of higher education, the instructional leadership of college teachers is an important factor and an important force to improve the quality of higher education teaching and to promote the reform and innovation of higher education teaching, as well as an important driving force to promote the process of modernization of education. There are three main levels of factors affecting the instructional leadership of college teachers: The college level, the teacher level and the social level. Taking the analysis of the factors affecting teachers’ instructional leadership as a logic, we put forward the paths to improve teachers’ instructional leadership in colleges: Reshaping the college’s leadership culture, improving the management system, and optimizing the organizational structure; shaping good education and teaching concepts, continuously improving professional knowledge, and innovating education and teaching methods; and establishing a good social and educational value orientation, reinforcing the synergy of the stakeholders, and strengthening the support of education policies.
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