THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT AND LEADERSHIP ABILITIES OF STUDENTS IN MIANWALI

Abstract

In teaching learning process, leadership skills are important for personal and professional development of learners. The current study investigate the association between classroom atmosphere and leadership abilities of students.  The research design implied in current study was survey research design with quantitative study type. Population for current research was grade 9^th and 10^th female students of district Mianwali and Bhakkar. Sample of the study was students from two schools of the above-mentioned districts through convenient sampling technique. Total data was collected from 401 secondary school students. The classroom environment scale was used to measure classroom organization and leadership ability scale was adopted in current study. Research instruments were translated also in Urdu language because secondary school students can easily understand this language. Data was collected physically by the researchers visits in selected schools of Government Girls High School Mianwali and Government Girls Elementary High School Kallur Kot, Bhakkar. Both instruments reliability was checked by Cronbach’s alpha and result revealed both instruments were highly reliable in current study context. Pearson correlation and regression analysis were used for data analysis. The results revealed an significant relationship between classroom environment and leadership abilities. A significant effect classroom environment on leadership abilities was observed. The study recommends that to meet 21 century needs, educational institutes need to conduct workshops for teacher to promote the positive classroom organization and enhance leadership skills