摘要：This major objective of
this study is to investigate the effect of leadership styles of science
teachers on the learning motivation of elementary school students. It is
generally known that students’ learning motivation could affect the learning
achievement. Besides, students with strong learning motivation generally lead
to better learning performance. If a teacher can break through the tradition
and adopt a creative
leadership style, it is possible to increase the learning motivation and result
in better learning achievement. In this study, 165 primary school teachers and
2800 students were randomly selected. Leadership styles and learning motivation
questionnaires were designed for research instruments. In the data analysis, descriptive
statistics analysis, Pearson correlation analysis, multiple regression analysis
were adopted. The
results showed that: 1) Both the transformational and transactional leadership styles have been
employed by elementary school teachers in this study. 2) The correlations between the above two
leadership styles and the learning motivation of students are both “moderate to
good relationship”. 3) The transformational and the transactional leadership styles can explain
52.60% of variance for the learning motivation of students. 4) Multiple regression analysis can be used
to infer causal relationships between the leadership styles of teachers and the
learning motivation of students.
