Social Justice Leadership Scale In Distance Education: A Validity and Reliability Study
Social Justice Leadership Scale In Distance Education: A Validity and Reliability Study

Summary/Abstract: Social justice leadership has become a necessity in education as in many other fields. It is important to see how much this need is met in the world of education and most importantly, this leadership is seen from the eyes of students. Minimizing the disadvantage in the distance education process is possible with social justice leadership. The aim of this research is to develop a scale of social justice leadership of teachers during distance education, based on student opinions. The research was carried out with the participation of 156 students studying in secondary schools in the district of Yerköy, Yozgat, Turkey. Content validity of Social Justice Leadership Scale In Distance Education (SJLSDE) was ensured based on expert opinions. The construct validity of SJLSDE was evaluated by performing exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). As a result of EFA and CFA, it was observed that SJLSDE has a structure consisting of 13 items and four factors: critical view, active participation, justice and support. As a result of the examination of the Cronbach alpha coefficient values performed on the factors of the SJLSDE as a whole, it was seen that the SJLSDE was highly reliable with .90 Cronbach alpha. For the dimensions of justice, support, critical view and active participation, Cronbach's alpha coefficients are calculated as .73, .72, .79 and .70, respectively. Based on these findings, it was concluded that SJLSDE is a valid and reliable scale that can be used to determine the social justice leadership of teachers in the distance education process.

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