Charismatic Characteristics in Teacher Leadership

What is it about?

This is a qualitative study exploring the charismatic characteristics in Sri Lanka school teachers. In the teaching-learning context, teachers are viewed as great leaders that make magnificent transformations in the students. A teacher becomes the leader in the classroom as well and they are playing a significant role to build a culture of learning in the classroom that, finally everyone benefits. Therefore, charismatic leadership characteristics in teachers as leaders can make a change in the leaners mind and the teaching-learning process becomes more and more effective.

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Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

Why is it important?

It was reported that most of the school teachers are leaders with charismatic characteristics such as mission formulation for the students, unconditioned commitment towards the students’ accomplishments, trust on the students, taking personal risk in directing students, demonstration of unusual behaviors and emotional arousal through attractive communication.