ASSIGNMENT

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HMEF5023_V2
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
MAY 2021 SEMESTER

SPECIFIC INSTRUCTION

1. Answer in English or Bahasa Malaysia.

2. Number of words: 3000 – 5000 words excluding references.

3. Submit your assignment ONCE only in a SINGLE file.

4. Submit your assignment ONLINE.

5. Submission date: 13 JULY 2021

6. This assignment accounts for 60% of the total marks for the course.

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 ASSIGNMENT QUESTION

OBJECTIVE
The assignment is focused on the role and impact of school principal leadership style on
performance management. This assignment has two parts. The first part involves an
analytical review of an academic journal, and it is followed by the second part, which is
undertaking an empirical study through the qualitative research method related to the same
topic at an educational institution.
Tugasan tersebut difokuskan pada peranan dan kesan gaya kepemimpinan pengetua
sekolah terhadap pengurusan prestasi. Tugasan ini mempunyai dua bahagian. Bahagian
pertama melibatkan tinjauan analisis jurnal akademik, dan diikuti oleh bahagian kedua, yang
melakukan kajian empirikal melalui kaedah penyelidikan kualitatif yang berkaitan dengan
topik yang sama di institusi pendidikan.

TASK REQUIREMENTS KEPERLUAN TUGAS

The assignment consists of TWO (2) parts. Part 1 requires students to review a journal. Part
2 requires students to conduct a qualitative research method study at any educational
institution.
Tugasan terdiri daripada DUA (2) bahagian. Bahagian 1 menghendaki pelajar menyemak
jurnal. Bahagian 2 menghendaki pelajar melakukan kajian kaedah penyelidikan kualitatif di
mana-mana institusi pendidikan.

PART 1: JOURNAL REVIEW (20%) PART 1: JOURNAL REVIEW (20%)

Jacob, M.S., Atang, A.N. (2014). Impact of school principal leadership style on performance
management: a schooling agenda. Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences. E-
ISSN 2039-2117 / ISSN 2039-9340 Vol. 5, No. 3 March 2014.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271104503_Impact_of_School_Princip
al_Leadership_Style_on_Performance_Management_A_Schooling_Agenda

Read the above journal and answer the following questions:

Baca jurnal di atas dan jawab soalan berikut:

1) Write a summary of this journal based on the problem statement, the research

questions, the research methodology, and the main findings. Tulis ringkasan jurnal ini

berdasarkan pernyataan masalah, persoalan kajian, metodologi penyelidikan, dan

penemuan utama.

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2) Add another two journal articles, which are related to this topic. In each literature

review, you need to include (i) issue or problem of statement, (ii) research objectives or

research questions, (iii) research method, (iv) main findings and (v) conclusion.

Tambahkan dua artikel jurnal lain, yang berkaitan dengan topik ini. Dalam setiap

tinjauan literatur, anda perlu memasukkan (i) isu atau masalah penyataan, (ii) objektif

penyelidikan atau persoalan kajian, (iii) kaedah penyelidikan, (iv) penemuan utama dan

(v) kesimpulan.

3) Provide your personal response on the implications of this study to principal/manager

leadership styles (either transactional or transformational) and work motivation in your
own work place. Berikan respons peribadi anda mengenai implikasi kajian ini kepada
gaya kepemimpinan pengetua / pengurus (sama ada transaksional atau
transformasional) dan motivasi kerja di tempat kerja anda sendiri.

[20 MARKS]

PART 2: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHOD (40%)

BAHAGIAN 2: KAEDAH PENYELIDIKAN KUALITATIF (40%)

Based on the analysis of leadership styles on performance by Jacob, M.S., Atang, A.N. (2014)
in Part 1, there are six emerging themes of the analysis as shown in Table 1.
Berdasarkan analisis gaya kepemimpinan terhadap prestasi oleh Jacob, M.S., Atang, A.N.
(2014) di Bahagian 1, ada enam tema analisis yang muncul seperti yang ditunjukkan dalam
Jadual 1.

Table 1: Emerging Themes and Data Extracted

Jadual 1: Tema yang Muncul dan Data yang Diekstrak
No Emerging Themes Tema Muncul Data Extracted Data Diekstrak
1. Providing Guidance Memberi Bimbingan Table 2:
Provision of assistance in exchange for efforts.
Pemberian bantuan sebagai pertukaran usaha.
2. Problem Solving Penyelesaian masalah Table 3:
Problem Solving Failure to interfere until
problems becomes serious Penyelesaian Masalah
Kegagalan untuk mengganggu sehingga masalah
menjadi serius
3. Involvement and Decision Making for Complex Table 4:

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 Matters Penglibatan dan Pengambilan Keputusan Avoidance of getting involved when important
untuk Masalah Kompleks issues arise Mengelakkan diri daripada terlibat
dalam masalah penting
4. Urgent matters Perkara mendesak Table 5:
Absent when needed Tidak hadir semasa
diperlukan
5. School Growth and Organization future Masa Table 6:
Depan Pertumbuhan dan Organisasi Sekolah Talking optimistically about future Bercakap
dengan optimis mengenai masa depan
6. Reactive/Proactive Action Tindakan Reaktif / Table 7:
Proaktif Waiting for thing to go wrong before taking
actions Menunggu perkara tidak kena sebelum
mengambil tindakan

Tema Soalan

Memberi bimbingan Adakah pengetua membantu guru dalam

memperoleh skill dan kemahiran?

Adakah prngetua menjadi ‘role model’?

Adakah pengetua menenal pasti kelemahan dan

kekuatan diri?

Adakah pengetua mengiktiraf kecemerlangan yang

ditunjukkan oleh guru?

Penyelesaian masalah Adakah pengetua terlibat dalam penyelesaian

masalah yang dihadapi oleh guru?

Penglibatan dan Adakah pengetua mengelakkan diri dari terlibat

pengambilan keputusan dalam masalah yang penting yang berlaku di
untuk masalah komplek sekolah?

Apakah tahap penglibatan pengetua dalam

membuat keputusan di sekolah?

Perkara mendesak Adakah pengetua ada pada keadaan yang

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 memerlukannya?

Masa depan pertubuhan Adakah pengetua memberikan fokus tentang masa

dan organisasi sekolah depan pertumbuhan dan organisasi sekolah?

Tindakan reaktif / Adakah pengetua bersikap reaktif dalam

proaktif menyelesaikan perkara yang penting di sekolah?

This study can be enhanced through the qualitative research method by conducting an
interview with selected respondents. The qualitative data from the interviews will help us
understand better in terms of perceptions, ideas or views of an individual.
Kajian ini dapat ditingkatkan melalui kaedah penyelidikan kualitatif dengan melakukan temu
bual dengan responden terpilih. Data kualitatif dari temu bual akan membantu kita
memahami dengan lebih baik dari segi persepsi, idea atau pandangan seseorang individu.

You are required to conduct an in-depth interview with 2 (TWO) senior teachers (known as
key informants) who have taught more than five years at any school/institution in order to
address the following research question i.e. “From the perspective of teachers, to what
extent the leadership ability of a school principal play crucial role in teachers’ satisfaction
and commitment?”
Anda diminta untuk melakukan wawancara mendalam dengan 2 (DUA) guru kanan (yang
dikenali sebagai informan utama) yang telah mengajar lebih dari lima tahun di mana-mana
sekolah / institusi untuk menjawab soalan penyelidikan berikut iaitu "Dari perspektif guru ,
sejauh mana kemampuan kepemimpinan pengetua sekolah memainkan peranan penting
dalam kepuasan dan komitmen guru? "

You may use the emerging themes as a guideline for you to prepare 10 (TEN) semi-
structured questions for the in-depth interviews. In your report, you need to fulfill the
following tasks.

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Anda mungkin menggunakan tema yang muncul sebagai panduan untuk anda menyiapkan
10 (SEPULUH) soalan separa berstruktur untuk wawancara mendalam. Dalam laporan anda,
anda perlu memenuhi tugas berikut.

1) Profile of key informants - detail out the profile of these two key informants. Profil
informan utama - perincikan profil dua informan utama ini.
2) Semi-structured questions - construct 10 semi-structured questions related to the
research questions. Soalan separa berstruktur - membina 10 soalan separa berstruktur
yang berkaitan dengan persoalan kajian.
3) Qualitative Data Analysis - analyse your qualitative data descriptively and narratively in a
thematic format (NOT in a dialogue/conversation form or raw data). The analysis
should be in a combination of the reported speech or direct speech. Analisis Data
Kualitatif - analisis data kualitatif anda secara deskriptif dan naratif dalam format
tematik (BUKAN dalam bentuk dialog / perbualan atau data mentah). Analisis harus
dalam kombinasi ucapan yang diluahkan atau ucapan langsung.
4) Key Findings and Conclusion – elaborate key findings and draw a conclusion. Penemuan
dan Kesimpulan Utama - huraikan penemuan utama dan buat kesimpulan

[40 MARKS]

[TOTAL: 60 MARKS]

Jadual 1: Tema yang Muncul dan Data yang Diekstrak

No Emerging Themes Tema Data Extracted Data Diekstrak

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 Muncul
1. Providing Guidance
Memberi Bimbingan
2. Problem Solving
Penyelesaian masalah
3. Involvement and Decision
Making for Complex Matters
Penglibatan dan
Pengambilan Keputusan
untuk Masalah Kompleks
4. Urgent matters Perkara
mendesak
5. School Growth and
Organization future Masa
Depan Pertumbuhan dan
Organisasi Sekolah
6. Reactive/Proactive Action
Tindakan Reaktif / Proaktif
Table 2:
Provision of assistance in exchange for efforts. Pemberian bantuan
sebagai pertukaran usaha.
Table 3:
Problem Solving Failure to interfere until problems becomes serious
Penyelesaian Masalah Kegagalan untuk mengganggu sehingga masalah
menjadi serius
Adakah terdapat hubungan yang signifikan di antara gaya kepimpinan?
Table 4:
Avoidance of getting involved when important issues arise
Mengelakkan diri daripada terlibat dalam masalah penting
Apakah tahap penglibatan pengetua dalam membuat keputusan?
Table 5:
Absent when needed Tidak hadir semasa diperlukan
Table 6:
Talking optimistically about future Bercakap dengan optimis mengenai
masa depan
Table 7:
Waiting for thing to go wrong before taking actions Menunggu perkara
tidak kena sebelum mengambil tindakan
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 ATTACHMENT
ASSIGNMENT RUBRICS
HMEF5023_V2 EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP / MAY 2021

PART 1 (20 marks)

Unsatisfactory
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or Max
QN CLO Criteria Weight No response Marks
4 3 2 1 0
1 2 1.5 Excellent summary of the Good summary of Satisfactory Weak There is no 6
Summary - 4 aspects
article in relation to the article in relation summary of summary of summary
a) problem statement
C3 four aspects. to the four article in the four the four evident.
b) research questions
aspects. aspects. aspects-items
c) research methodology
are inaccurate
d) main findings
and missing.

2 2 Excellent literature review Good literature Satisfactory Limited There is no 8

Additional 2 literatures
write-up. Highlights at all review write-up. literature review literature critique evident.
Highlight main points
C5 components. Strong Highlights most write-up. review write-
a) issue or problem of
evidence from the paper components Highlights some up. Highlights
statement
and relevant literature. Supported with components. a few
b) research objectives or
evidence from Insufficient/inacc components.
research questions
the paper and urate evidence No evidence
c) research method
relevant from the paper. from the
d) main findings
literature. paper.
e) conclusion

2 Personal response on the 1.5 Excellent personal Good personal Satisfactory Weak No personal 6
implications of the study. response to the response on the personal personal response is
C6 implications. Opinions implications. response on the response on evident
expressed very clearly. Good opinion implications and the
presented. opinion is implications of
moderate. the study.
Opinion is
very weak.
Total 5   20
*QN = Question Number
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PART 2 (40 marks)
Unsatisfactory
Max
Excellent Good Fair Poor Or
Marks
QN CLO Criteria Weight No response
4 3 2 1 0
2 3 Profile of two key 1.0 The profile of the key The profile of the key The profile of the key The profile of the There is no 4
informants informants is written informants is written informants is written key informants is profile of key
excellently and well and quite adequately and in written poorly informants.
details. details. less details. and lack details.
3 Construction of semi- 2.0 Semi-structured Semi-structured Semi-structured Semi-structured There is no 8
structured questions questions are questions are good. questions are questions are semi-structued
(10 questions) excellent. adequate. weak. question.

3 Qualitative Data 5.0
Analysis – thematic
format, combination
of reported speech
and direct speech
The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic analysis The thematic There is no 20
is excellent with is good with evidence is average with some analysis is weak thematic
strong evidence to to support. Good supporting evidence. with no evidence analysis evident.
support. Good effort effort to elaborate Some effort made to to support.
to elaborate with the with the combination elaborate with the Limited effort to
combination of of reported speech combination of elaborate with
reported speech and and direct speech. reported speech and the combination
direct speech. direct speech. of reported
speech and direct
speech.

3 Key Findings and
conclusion
2.0 The findings and The findings and The findings and The findings and There is no 8
conclusion are conclusion are conclusion are conclusion are finding and
presented with an presented with a presented with an merely presented conclusion write
excellent write up. write up. adequate write up. a limited write up.
up.

Total 10   40
*QN = Question Number

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