Instructional Leadership Practices and Student Engagement: Comparative Study Among Universiti Teknologi MARA Affiliated Colleges in the State of Pahang

Abstract

Leadership is one of the most practical issues in the history of human development. When discussing about perspective of leadership, it has always been discussed both in terms of (a) what leaders do or should do to lead and (b) what makes others follow them. Thus, the main purpose of this study is to compare the instructional leadership practices among lecturers towards the student engagement in UiTM-affiliated colleges in the State of Pahang. The scope of this study focuses on lecturers of UiTM-affiliated colleges namely IKIP College, College University of ShahPutra, and Kolej Profesional Teknologi MARA (KPTM). The respondents have been selected randomly. The actual leadership practices of these lecturers were examined to determine if they were operating as instructional leaders, and to see if they had good understanding of what instructional leadership is which aligning with the college’s vision and mission. Moreover, the profundity of leadership that was being practiced by them, shepherding instructional leadership skills, was also examined. The questionnaire was adopted from previous research by and the instrument was been validated. The data was analyzed by using SPSS V.21. The finding shows that there is a moderate significance on the relationship of instructional leadership practices towards student engagement based on these three academic institutions.