Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.0 Introduction
This Chapter discussed about the methodology that the researcher used in the research
to obtain data and information about the leadership styles of visual art education
teachers. This chapter will include the detailed discussion of the research design,
The aim of this study is to determine the relationship between teacher leadership styles
of teaching visual art education and student efficacy in learning visual art education in
classroom. The research design used for this study is survey research. This study
involved both quantitative and qualitative approach method in order to obtain the data.
teacher’s leadership style in teaching visual art education in classroom and student
efficacy level in learning visual art education and to investigate the correlation between
leadership styles of teachers and student efficacy in learning visual art education in
used to obtain more information about the student opinion of their art teacher leadership
styles.
3.2 Population and Sample
The major target population of this study is the form 4 and form 5 student from the
Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Puncak Alam 3, Puncak Alam, Selangor who take arts
as their major subject. The purpose of using students among form 4 and form 5
students is because they take art as their major subject for national examination so that
the data will be more valid. The sampling method of this study will be using the simple
random sampling to prevent bias. “Simple random sampling is one in which each and
every member of population has an equal and independent chance of being selected”
(Frankel, Wallen and Hyun, 2012). Besides using form 4 and form 5 student as the
sample of this study, three educators from the school will be interviewed in order to get
their statement about the leadership they are practicing in teaching Visual Art
Education.
3.3 Instrumentation
3.3.1 Questionnaire.
aimed to determine the leadership practiced by the art teacher and their level of self-
efficacy which will be marked by the students. This questionnaire is divided by three
parts which is Part A, Part B and Part C. Part A consist of the demographic data which
is gender, age, class, and their interest about art subject. In part B, there will be 21
questions about the leadership styles. Part C will have 8 questions about self-efficacy.
Both Part B and Part C will be using Likert scale. This questionnaire is included in the
appendix section.
The second instrument to collect data is using structured interview. The purpose of
using structured interview is that, it will be easier to conduct to the sample. Apart from
that it is to get the opinion of the teacher’s leadership from teachers who are teaching
visual art education. Thus, three educators from the school will be interviewed to obtain
data for this study. The interview questions are included at the appendix section.
To collect real data, a pilot study will be conducted first on a smaller population of the
same intended samples such as undergraduate students from UITM Puncak Alam
among student who take art major to test their opinion on their lecturer’s leadership
styles. The result from the pilot study will help to improve questionnaires. On the cover
letter, the researcher will explain the purpose and significance of the study. Before the
researcher distribute the questionnaire, Researcher will get a permission letter from the
HEP of Education then will send the letter to the school’s head master to get their
permission to conduct the study. The questionnaire will then be distributed to the Form
4 and Form 5 students from SMK Puncak Alam, Selangor, with the permission of the
school’s Head master. Sample will be selected randomly. The respondent will be guided
to ensure the validity and realibility of the data. For the interview, Three art teachers will
be selected from the school to get their opinion on their leadership styles in teaching
After the process of obtaining and collecting data is done, the data will be tabulated and
entered into a spreadsheet in the SPSS program. The aspect involved in the
quantitative data which is the questionnaire is the mean, media and mode. Whereas for
the qualitative data which is interview answers. First, it will be read and described to
organize it. Next, it will be classified into categories according to its theme. The theme
will be based on the literature review of the study and the data that data collected. Then,
researcher will explore the data from the interview to do some data reduction where
important point is taken. Lastly, the data from the interview answers will be coded and
3.6 Conclusion
To sum up, this chapter had discussed the method that will be used in this
research. The population and sampling, and also the instrument had also been
discussed. The method for data collection and data analysis had also been discussed.
The next chapter will discuss about the findings of this study,