The Influence Mechanism of Principal's Transformational Leadership on Rural Teachers'TPCK
The transformational leadership of rural principals affects all aspects of teachers'professional development,and the TPCK level of rural teachers is inevitably affected by it.Based on a questionnaire sur-vey of 530 Chinese rural teachers,this paper analyzed and discussed the impact mechanism of principals'transformational leadership on rural teachers'TPCK.The results showed that principals'transformational lead-ership does not significantly and directly affect rural teachers'TPCK;principals'transformational leadership significantly,indirectly and positively affects rural teachers'TPCK through two paths.One is the independent mediator of organizational innovation climate.The second is the chain intermediary role of organizational in-novation climate and teachers'digital technology skills.Accordingly,we should start from principals,teachers and various environmental guarantees to improve the TPCK level of rural teachers,protect the professional development process of teachers,and ensure the overall quality of teacher teaching.