Development of Art Design Teachers? Leadership in Universities under Liaoning Province

Abstract

The objectives of this research were: To explore the components of art design teachers? leadership in universities under Liaoning Province; and to develop the guidelines for development of art design teachers? leadership in universities under Liaoning Province. The research was a mixed methodology research, including qualitative research and quantitative research. The population of the research consisted of 148 administrators and 1487 instructors in 41 universities under Liaoning Province, with a total of 1635. The sample size was determined by Krejcie and Morgan tables (1970), and obtained by stratified random sampling technique, totaling 340. The key informants were composed of 8 key informants, including 1 university administrator, dean, director of art design in universities, 5 art design professional teachers of art design major in universities, obtained by purposive sampling method. The instruments used for data collection were a semi-structured interview form, a five-point rating scale questionnaire, and a focus group discussion form. The statistics used for the data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, Standard Deviation and Exploratory Factor Analysis, as well as the content analysis was employed.

The research findings revealed that: (1) there were five components of art design teachers? leadership in universities under Liaoning Province which consisted of Team leadership, Teaching and innovative leadership, Professional leadership, Governance and self-management, Leadership philosophy and non-power leadership; and (2) there were total of 69 guidelines of art design teachers? leadership in universities under Liaoning Province which consisted of seventeen team leadership guidelines, fifteen teaching and innovative leadership, thirteen professional leadership, thirteen governance and self-management ability, and eleven leadership philosophy and non-power leadership.