Teacher's Effective Guidance of Students

Abstract

Background and Originality: The purpose of the study was to systematically review the domestic and foreign literature in the field of educational guidance and to contribute to a more transparent understanding and study of educational leadership or teacher guidance. How well do teachers master a single area of work in effectively guiding students? The purpose of an effective student is to create a stimulating learning environment in which students are productive, implicit, and active. The value of our research demonstrates the challenges of implementation and application at the secondary level seeking improvements in balance and relevance to the process of organisational renewal of the pedagogical process.

Method: We used the survey method to investigate the purpose of the research. The target population of our study was secondary school teachers from all statistical regions of Slovenia. Descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate statistics were used for statistical data processing. The collected data were analysed using the statistical program SPSS.

Results: The majority of respondents were women, who made up 71% of the sample, which was to be expected because the female population in Slovenia largely represents the pedagogical part of education. The results of the research showed that teachers believe that all 19 areas of work are equally important for the effective guidance or instruction of students by the teacher, so our hypothesis was confirmed. The measured concept had high reliability (Cronbach's alpha > 0.9), and factor analysis tested construct validity.

Society: From the point of view of the vision of a moral society, one's awareness of oneself and ones responsibility towards society is a prerequisite for the functioning of societal transformation. The positive impact on educational institutions in this era of constant change certainly depends most on the teaching staff of such an institution. First and foremost, the staff must take responsibility for their lives because only a satisfied teacher is a good teacher. The ideological values of an organisation's mission are its staff or, in our case, the teachers who can be charismatic leaders and thus transform the organisation with their positive emotional energy, which we have confirmed through our research, as teachers consider all areas of work equally important, which requires their vast range of knowledge.

Limitations/Future Research: Because of the epidemic, the timing of the research was not in our favor. Our own research suggests the need to survey students in all Slovenian regions, as this would measure the impact of all the building blocks studied from the perspective of all students in secondary school programs.