Structural equation modeling in educational research : : concepts and applications / / Timothy Teo, Myint Swe Khine.

• VerfasserIn: Teo, Timothy,; Khine, Myint Swe,
• TeilnehmendeR: Khine, Myint Swe,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Approaches to Research in Learning Innovations ; 2.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Over the years, researchers have developed statistical methods to help them investigate and interpret issues of interest in many discipline areas. These methods range from descriptive to inferential to multivariate statistics. As the psychometrics measures in education become more complex, vigorous and robust methods were needed in order to represent research data efficiently. One such method is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). SEM is a statistical technique that allows the simultaneous analysis of a series of structural equations. It also allows a dependent variable in one equation to become an independent variable in another equation. It is a comprehensive statistical approach to testing hypotheses about relations among observed and latent variables. SEM is commonly known as causal modeling, or path analysis, which hypothesizes causal relationships among variables and tests the causal models with a linear equation system. As educational research questions become more complex, they need to be evaluated with more sophisticated tools. The pervasive use of SEM in the literature has shown that SEM has a potential to be of assistance to modern educational researchers. This book will bring together prominent educators and researchers from around the world to share their contemporary research on structural equation modeling in educational settings. The chapters provide information on recent trends and developments and effective applications of the different models to answer various educational research questions. This book is a critical and specialized source that describes recent advances in SEM in international academia.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Teacher Education: Effective Teaching and School Governance in the 21st Century / Issa M. Saleh and Myint Swe Khine -- Governance and Leadership ‘of’ and ‘in’ Schools: Schools Leadership between Governance and Student Outcomes in Knowledge Societies / Lejf Moose -- The Role of Teacher Leadership in Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Schools / Dianne L. Taylor -- Cosmopolitan Leadership: Education as a Global Public Good for Sustainable Education Futures / Athena Vongalis-Macrow -- Student – Facilitated Technology Integration as a catalyst for creating School-Based Learning Communities: A Proven Program in the United States and Energing Possibilities in China / Forrest W. Parkay and Mei Wu -- Grassroots Leadership for the 21st Century: Leading by Not Leading / Joan T. Wynne -- Teachers’ Research, Professional Development, and Educational Leadership in Schools / Jeroen Imants -- Deepening Our Understanding about School Leadership: Learning from Educators and Non-educators / Lisa Chatherine Ehrich and Neil Cranston -- Transformational Leadership and Organizational Learning in Schools / Bill Mulford and Halia Silins -- Ineffective Leadership Style and Failed Urban School and Recommendations / Issa M. Saleh -- Do “Mainstream” School Reforms Foster the “World’s Best School Systems?” / Caitlin Farrell , Guilbert Hentschke and Jonathan Mathis -- Integrating Research on Teacher Education and Educational Effectiveness: Using the Dynamic Model for Teacher Professional Development / Panayiotis Antoniou , Bert P. M. Creemers and Leonidas Kyriakides -- Adding Value to International Professional Development / Bob Burstow -- Technology Training and Professional Development of School Leaders in the U.S.A.: The Critical Need for Reform / Gregory M. Hauser and Dennis W. Koutouzos -- Hidden in Plain Sight: Transformational Schooling and Leadership in the Information Age / Vanessa Allen-Brown and Pamela Twyman Hoff -- Learner - Centered Leadership: A New Perspective for the Preparation and Professional Development of School Leaders / Arnold Danzig -- Improving the Social Capital of Students in High-Poverty Schools: What Will it Take? / Pam Bishop and Helen Mahoney -- Back to the Future?: Educational Reform, and the Impact on Teaching and Teacher Education in Australia / John Williamson and Marion Myhill -- Is There a Recruitment Crisis? School Leadership, Professional Development and Succession Planning / Jim O’Brienon -- List of Contributors / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh -- Index / Myint Swe Khine and Issa M. Saleh.